Facilitating the transition of patients with special health care needs from pediatric to adult oral health care

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1351-1356

  Nowak, Arthur J ^a,b   Casamassimo, Paul S ^b,c   Slayton, Rebecca L ^d  

^a American Board of Pediatric Dentistry   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dentistry; Oral health care; Special needs; Transitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650491940     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2010.0080     Document Type: Article

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