School-based education to improve oral cleanliness and gingival health in adolescents in Tehran, Iran

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-281

  Yazdani, Reza ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^a   Nouri, Mahtab ^b   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67249130736     PISSN: 09607439     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2009.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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