Dental caries prevalence, oral health knowledge and practice among indigenous Chepang school children of Nepal

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Prasai Dixit, Lonim ^a   Shakya, Ajay ^a   Shrestha, Manash ^b   Shrestha, Ayush ^b  

^a Peoples Dental College and Hospital   (Nepal)

^b Dental Surgeon   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Oral hygiene; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH PAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; TOOTHACHE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTHACHE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877620231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-20     Document Type: Article

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