Effect of removable partial dentures on oral health- related quality of life in subjects with shortened dental arches: A 2-center cross-sectional study

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 524-530

  Armellini, Debora B ^a   Heydecke, Guido ^b   Witter, Dick J ^c   Creugers, Nico H J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTURE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 62649121545     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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