Readability of websites containing information on dental implants

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1319-1324

  Jayaratne, Yasas S N ^a   Anderson, Nina K ^b   Zwahlen, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Health literacy; Internet; Online resources; Patient education; Readability

Indexed keywords

TOOTH IMPLANT;

COMPREHENSION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; READING; TOOTH IMPLANT;

COMPREHENSION; DENTAL IMPLANTS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84912003768     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12285     Document Type: Article

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