Oral health status, treatment needs, and obstacles to dental care among noninstitutionalized children with severe mental disabilities in the Netherlands

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-115

  De Jongh, Ad ^a,b   Van Houtem, Caroline ^a   Van Der Schoof, Mariëlle ^a   Resida, Gail ^a   Broers, Dyonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Special Dental Care SBT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caries distribution; Children with disabilities; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 43949103757     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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