Oral health conditions in Italian special olympics athletes

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-74

  Dellavia, Claudia ^a   Allievi, Cristina ^a   Pallavera, Andrea ^a   Rosati, Riccardo ^a   Sforza, Chiarella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Epidemiology; Intellectual disability; Oral screening; Special Olympics

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISABLED PERSON; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SPORT; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DISABLED PERSONS; DMF INDEX; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SPORTS; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH INJURIES; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049115596     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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