Caries-based treatment need assessment by clinical dental nurses in Anguilla, British West Indies

Community Dental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-174

  Adewakun, Adenike Adejoke ^a   Amaechi, Bennett Tochukwu ^b  

^a Oral Healthcare Solutions   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Dental caries; Dental nurses; Need assessment; Reliability; Treatment need; Treatment urgency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 24744432716     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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