Barriers to seeking preventive dental care by Kuwaiti adults

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 413-419

  Al Shammari, Khalaf F ^a,b   Al Ansari, Jassem M ^a   Al Khabbaz, Areej K ^a   Honkala, Sisko ^a  

^a Faculty of Dentistry   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Attendance behavior; Preventive visits; Public dental services; Utilization of dental services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REPARATIVE DENTISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35148849631     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107733     Document Type: Article

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