Oral health status and reasons for not attending dental care among 12- to 16-year-old children with Down syndrome in special needs centres in Jordan

International Journal of Dental Hygiene

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Al Habashneh, R ^a   Al Jundi, S ^a   Khader, Y ^a   Nofel, N ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Caries; Down syndrome; Oral hygiene; Periodontal disease; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DMF INDEX; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MOUTH DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PERIODONTAL POCKET; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84867342889     PISSN: 16015029     EISSN: 16015037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2012.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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