Age-specific associations between dental fear and dental condition among adults in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Pohjola, Vesa ^a   Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^c   Tolvanen, Mimmi ^a   Hausen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Decayed teeth; Dental attendance; Missing teeth; Sound teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 51649109906     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350802293960     Document Type: Article

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