Infant oral health examinations: Pediatric dentists' professional behavior and attitudes

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-209

  Malcheff, Sam ^a   Pink, Thomas C ^a   Sohn, Woosung ^b   Inglehart, Marita Rohr ^a   Briskie, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental care for children; Dentist's practice patterns; Infant health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HYGIENE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69049121257     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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