Parents' views on factors influencing the dental health of Trinidadian pre-school children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-49

  Naidu, Rahul S ^a   Davis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Dental health; Health promotion; Pre school children; West Indies

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOTH BRUSHING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TOOTHPASTE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 41049116173     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2112Naidu06     Document Type: Article

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