Dentists' perceptions of barriers to providing dental care to pregnant women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-365

  Lee, Rosanna Shuk Yin ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a   Huebner, Colleen E ^a   Conrad, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ASSISTANT ATTITUDE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER PRESSURE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKILL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; OREGON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956116475     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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