Variation in subjective oral health indicators of 65-year-olds in Norway and Sweden

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 222-232

  Ekbäck, Gunnar ^a,b   Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug ^b   Klock, Kristin ^b   Ordell, Sven ^c,d   Unell, Lennart ^a,d  

^a Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Dental Commissioning Unit   (Sweden)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Questionnaires; Satisfaction with oral health; Socio demographic factors; Two countries

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HALITOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTICATION; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DENTITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MASTICATION; NORWAY; ORAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTHACHE; TOOTHBRUSHING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 70350409823     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350902908780     Document Type: Article

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