Oral disease and social class in a random sample of five-year-old preschool children in a Brazilian city

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Bonanato, Karina ^a,b   Pordeus, Isabela A ^a   Moura Leite, Fabíola R ^a   Ramos Jorge, Maria L ^a,c   Vale, Miriam P ^a   Paiva, Saul M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Vale do Rio Verde   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Oral health; Preschool children; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH CALCULUS; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DEPOSITS; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955907888     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a19202     Document Type: Article

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