Caries prevalence and need for dental care in 13-18-year-olds in the Municipality of Milan, Italy

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-242

  Campus, Guglielmo ^a,b   Cagetti, M G ^b   Senna, A ^b   Sacco, G ^a   Strohmenger, L ^b   Petersen, P E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Caries epidemiology; Cross sectional study; dmft index; Italy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 57749106221     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2139Campus06     Document Type: Article

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