An assessment of oral self-care in the student population of a Turkish university

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 953-957

  Kirtiloǧlu, Tuǧrul ^a   Yavuz, Ümit Sait ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flossing; Oral health; Oral hygiene; Self care; Tooth brushing

Indexed keywords

ORAL HEALTH; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL FLOSS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTHBRUSH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

EURASIA; SAMSUN [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33749268372     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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