Oral health in children in Denmark under different public dental health care schemes.
@article{Christensen2010OralHI, title={Oral health in children in Denmark under different public dental health care schemes.}, author={Lisa B{\o}ge Christensen and Poul Erik Petersen and B{\o}rge Hede}, journal={Community dental health}, year={2010}, volume={27 2}, pages={ 94-101 } }
PURPOSE
To describe and analyse oral health of children and adolescents under two types of dental health care schemes under the Public Dental Health Service in Denmark, and to analyse possible influence of socio-economic and socio-cultural factors. [] Key Method The study comprised individuals aged 5, 12 and 15, in total 2168 persons, randomly drawn from four municipalities with dental care provided by salaried dentists in public dental clinics and three municipalities with dental care provided by…
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