Prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders in urban and rural children of northern hilly state, Himachal Pradesh, India: A cross sectional survey

Dental Hypotheses

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Chauhan, Deepak ^a   Kaundal, Jairam ^a   Karol, Suneet ^a   Chauhan, Tripti ^b  

^a HP Government Dental College   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Himachal Pradesh; Prevalence; signs and symptoms; temporomandibular disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877145556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21558213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2155-8213.110182     Document Type: Article

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