Oral health and treatment needs among 18-year-old Iranians

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 302-307

  Hessari, Hossein ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a   Eghbal, Mohammad J ^b   Samadzadeh, Hamid ^c   Murtomaa, Heikki T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Caries; Iran; Oral health; Periodontal treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH PLAQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES;

EID: 44849143130     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000129610     Document Type: Article

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