Dental caries experience and factors among preschoolers in southeastern Mexico: A brief communication

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-91

  Segovia Villanueva, América ^b,c   Estrella Rodríguez, Ramón ^c   Medina Solís, Carlo Eduardo ^a,d,e   Maupomé, Gerardo ^f  

^a Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Delegación Campeche ^*  (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; dmft index; Epidemiology; Mexico; Primary teeth

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; ORAL HYGIENE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745126664     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02561.x     Document Type: Article

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