Why are children still having preventable extractions under general anaesthetic? A service evaluation of the views of parents of a high caries risk group of children

British Dental Journal

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Olley, R C ^a   Hosey, M T ^a   Renton, T ^a   Gallagher, J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTING; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; STATE DENTISTRY; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 79955498250     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.313     Document Type: Article

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