Estimate of DMFT index using teeth most affected by dental caries in twelve-year-old children;Estimativa do Índice CPOD usando os dentes mais afetados pela cárie dentária aos doze anos

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Pereira, Stela Márcia ^a   da Silva Tagliaferro, Elaine Pereira ^a   Cortellazzi, Karine Laura ^a   Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria Bovi ^a   Mialhe, Fábio Luiz ^a   de Castro Meneghim, Marcelo ^a   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Dental caries; DMF index; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BRAZIL; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67649402418     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102009000100024     Document Type: Article

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