Prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in the rural child population of Nainital District, Uttaranchal

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-226

  Grewal, H ^a   Verma, M ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dental caries; India; Prevalence; School children; Treatment needs; Uttaranchal

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 70450225575     PISSN: 09704388     EISSN: 19983905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.57657     Document Type: Article

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