Factors associated with parents' esthetic perceptions of children's mixed dentition fluorosis and demarcated opacities

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 486-492

  Levy, Steven M ^a,b   Warren, John J ^c   Broffitt, Barbara ^c   Nielsen, Bethany ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demarcated opacities; Dental fluorosis; Esthetic perceptions; Mixed dentition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHILD; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTITION, MIXED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 33644670388     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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