Periodontal condition of the elderly in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Syrjälä, Anna Maija Hannele ^a   Ylöstalo, Pekka ^a   Knuuttila, Matti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Epidemiology; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOUTH DISEASE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL POCKET; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77955532534     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2010.494619     Document Type: Article

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