Oral cleanliness of 12-13-year-old and 15-year-old school children of Sunsari District, Nepal

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Yee, R ^a   David, Jamil ^b,d   Khadka, R ^c  

^a Child Health Division   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d Institute of Oral Sciences Pedodontics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nepal; Oral hygiene index simplified; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEPAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; TOOTH CALCULUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845947199     PISSN: 09704388     EISSN: 09704388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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