Oral health care knowledge and practices of a group of deaf adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 118-120

  Oredugba, Folakemi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Health knowledge; Hearing impaired persons; Oral health; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH HYGIENE; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIGN LANGUAGE; STUDENT; TEACHER; TOOTH COLOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PATIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

SUGAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDY; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 3042577544     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2004.tb02739.x     Document Type: Article

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