A sociodental approach to assessing children's oral health needs: Integrating an oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) measure into oral health service planning

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-42

  Gherunpong, Sudaduang ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^b   Tsakos, Georgios ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Cohort studies; Dental health services; Needs assessment; Oral health in infancy and childhood; Quality of life; Thailand (source: MeSH, NLM)

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOUTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; TOOTH DISEASE; WELLBEING;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; THAILAND;

EID: 31444436053     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.05.022517     Document Type: Article

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