Oral health status and treatment needs of children attending special schools in South India: A comparative study

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Purohit, Bharathi M ^a   Acharya, Shashidhar ^a   Bhat, Meghashyam ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

dental caries; disability; handicapped children; oral health; treatment needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CARIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78649248314     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: 17544505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2010.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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