Is Periodontitis Prevalence Declining? A Review of the Current Literature

Current Oral Health Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 251-261

  Holtfreter, Birte ^a   Schützhold, Svenja ^a   Kocher, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Periodontitis; Prevalence; Tooth loss; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014699355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40496-014-0032-9     Document Type: Review

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