School oral health program in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 43-46

  Ariga, Jitendra ^a   Al Mutawa, Sabiha ^a   Nazar, Huda ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Oral health; Prevention; School children

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTAL CLINIC; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL ORAL HEALTH PROGRAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH; KUWAITI; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; KUWAIT; ORAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84899880682     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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