The prosthetic need WHO index: A comparison between self-perception and professional assessment in an elderly population

Gerodontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Colussi, Claudia Flemming ^a,b   De Freitas, Sérgio Fernando Torres ^a   Calvo, Maria Cristina Marino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Campus Universitário Trindade ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elderly; Oral health; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; DENTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 68949110316     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2008.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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