Oral health status of New Hampshire Head Start children, 2007-2008

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-248

  Anderson, Ludmila ^a,b   Martin, Nancy R ^a   Burdick, Arnie ^c   Flynn, Regina T ^a   Blaney, David D ^a,c  

^a NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

dental caries; Head Start; low income; maxillary anterior caries; tooth decay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW HAMPSHIRE; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77956305277     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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