Oral health and treatment needs among 15-year-olds in Tehran, Iran

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-225

  Yazdani, Reza ^a,b   Vehkalahti, M M ^a   Nouri, M ^b   Murtomaa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dental caries; Oral health status; Periodontal disease; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PARENTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 57749085387     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2181Yazdani05     Document Type: Article

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