Priorities for oral health goals in a sample of older adults

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 220-228

  Stoller, Eleanor Palo ^a   Pyle, Marsha A ^a,b   Perzynski, Adam T ^b  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Oral health; Priorities; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; DENTURE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 7044254860     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01696.x     Document Type: Review

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