Pediatricians' assessments of caries risk and need for a dental evaluation in preschool aged children

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Long, C M ^a   Quinonez, Rocio B ^a   Beil, Heather A ^b   Close, Kelly ^c   Myers, Larry P ^c   Vann, William F ^a   Rozier, R G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENTAL PROCEDURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CHECKLIST; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860502659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-49     Document Type: Article

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