The effectiveness of school dental screening: Dental attendance and treatment of those screened positive

British Dental Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 687-690

  Milsom, K M ^a   Threlfall, A G ^b   Blinkhorn, A S ^b   Kearney Mitchell, P I ^a   Buchanan, K M ^a   Tickle, M ^b  

^a Halton Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33745587779     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813724     Document Type: Article

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