Patterns of tooth loss in young adult Hong Kong Chinese patients in 1983 and 1998

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Ma, Eric C Y ^c   Mok, W H ^c   Islam, Mohammad S ^c   Li, Thomas K L ^a   MacDonald Jankowski, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c 2199 Westbrook Mall ^*

Author keywords

Adult; Hong Kong; Tooth loss epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; BICUSPID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DMF INDEX; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 27844612638     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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