Caries is the main cause for dental pain in childhood: Findings from a birth cohort

Caries Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 488-495

  Boeira, G F ^a   Correa, M B ^a   Peres, K G ^b   Peres, M A ^b   Santos, I S ^a   Matijasevich, A ^a   Barros, A J D ^a   Demarco, F F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Dental caries; Dental pain; Epidemiology; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; EDENTULOUSNESS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH PAIN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; ORAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTHACHE; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863861317     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339491     Document Type: Article

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