Impact of dental visiting trajectory patterns on clinical oral health and oral health-related quality of life

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-44

  Crocombe, Leonard A ^a   Broadbent, Jonathan M ^b   Thomson, W Murray ^b   Brennan, David S ^a   Poulton, Richie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

dental visiting; longitudinal study; oral health; trajectory analysis; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; DMF INDEX; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; ORAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84859108928     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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