Oral hygiene and gingival health in Flemish pre-school children

Community Dental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Leroy, Roos ^a   Jara, A ^b,c   Martens, L ^d   Declerck, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Gingival health; Gingivitis; Oral hygiene; Pre school children; Primary dentition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOUTH HYGIENE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BELGIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 79955744880     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2524Leroy07     Document Type: Article

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