Coronal caries experience in dentate Jordanian adults

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-54

  Hamasha, Abed Al Hadi ^a,b   Safadi, R A ^b  

^a Department of Preventive Dentistry ^*

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Caries; Coronal; DMFS; Jordan; Risk indicators

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICE; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH CROWN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, DENTAL; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; SMOKING; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHBRUSHING; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 41049091359     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_134Hamasha05     Document Type: Article

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