Caries status of children in Eastern Trinidad, West Indies

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-261

  Adewakun, Adenike A ^a   Percival, Tricia M ^b   Barclay, Sally R ^b   Amaechi, Bennett T ^c  

^a Oral HealthCare Solutions ^*  (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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

Author keywords

Caries burden; Caries experience; Caries prevalence; Significant caries index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOLAR; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33646691054     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10816     Document Type: Article

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