Factors associated with parents' and adolescents' perceptions of oral health and need for dental treatment

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 321-330

  Weyant, Robert J ^a   Manz, Michael ^b   Corby, Patricia ^a   Rustveld, Luis ^a   Close, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Oral health; Oral health status; Parent; Perceived needs; Psychological models; Psychosocial factors; Questionnaires; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FACE PAIN; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DMF INDEX; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FACIAL PAIN; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548395539     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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