Traumatic dental injuries in primary dentition: Epidemiological study among preschool children in South Brazil

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-173

  Wendt, Flávia Prietsch ^a   Torriani, Dione Dias ^a   Assunção, Maria Cecília Formoso ^a   Romano, Ana Regina ^a   Bonow, Maria Laura Menezes ^a   da Costa, Catiara Terra ^a   Goettems, Marília Leão ^a   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENAMEL; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCISOR; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTITION, PRIMARY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH INJURIES; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 77951653818     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2009.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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