Oral health of visually impaired schoolchildren in Khartoum State, Sudan

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tagelsir, Azza ^a   Khogli, Ahmed Eltigani ^b   Nurelhuda, Nazik Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b International University of Africa   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Oral health; Oral health related quality of life; Visually impaired children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDAN; TOOTH INJURY; COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TOOTH INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SUDAN; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 84880183813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-33     Document Type: Article

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