Using universal patterns of caries for planning and evaluating dental care

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-150

  Sheiham, A ^a   Sabbah, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental care planning; Dental caries patterns; DMF indexes; Epidemiology trend lines

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77950601163     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000308091     Document Type: Article

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