Risk factors for oral diseases among workers with and without dental insurance in a national social security scheme in India

International Dental Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-95

  Singh, Abhinav ^a   Purohit, Bharathi M ^b   Masih, Nitin ^c   Kahndelwal, Praveen Kumar ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b People's College of Dental Sciences   (India)

^c Government of India Ministry of Labour and Employment New Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Dental insurance; oral health; organised sector; risk factors; social security

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL INSURANCE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; ORGANISED SECTOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; TOBACCO USE; TOOTH CALCULUS; TOOTH DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

DENTAL INSURANCE; ORAL HEALTH; ORGANISED SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; TOBACCO USE; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897437092     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/idj.12067     Document Type: Article

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