Impact of Symptomatic Pericoronitis on Health-Related Quality of Life

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2482-2487

  McNutt, Matthew ^a   Partrick, Maura ^a   Shugars, Daniel A ^a   Phillips, Ceib ^a   White Jr , Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOLAR, THIRD; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERICORONITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TOOTHACHE;

EID: 55949093269     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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