Caries experience and oral hygiene status of a group of visually impaired children in Istanbul, Turkey

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-81

  Bekiroglu, Nural ^a   Acar, Nihan ^b   Kargul, Betul ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caries experience; Oral health knowledge; Oral hygiene; Visually impaired children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH BRUSHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHBRUSHING; TURKEY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84871890379     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a25701     Document Type: Article

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