Racial differences in baseline treatment preference as predictors of receiving a dental extraction versus root canal therapy during 48 months of follow-up

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Boykin, Michael J ^b   Gilbert, Gregg H ^a,c   Tilashalski, Ken R ^c   Litaker, Mark S ^c  

^a Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental extraction; Race; Root canal therapy; Treatment preference

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; ENDODONTICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 61849123593     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2008.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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