Inequalities of caries experience in Nevada youth expressed by DMFT index vs. Significant Caries Index (SiC) over time

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ditmyer, Marcia ^a   Dounis, Georgia ^a   Mobley, Connie ^a   Schwarz, Eli ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEVADA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953288932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-11-12     Document Type: Article

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