Professional guidance on and self-assessed knowledge of oral self-care as reported by dentate elderly patients in Lithuania

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-199

  Vyšniauskaite, Sonata ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dentate elderly; Knowledge of oral self care; Lithuania; Oral health education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTIST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 38449088555     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a12530     Document Type: Article

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