Development of a self-report questionnaire designed for population-based surveillance of gingivitis in adolescents: assessment of content validity and reliability

Abstract The major infectious diseases in Chile encompass the periodontal diseases, with a combined prevalence that rises up to 90% of the population. Thus, the population-based surveillance of periodontal diseases plays a central role for assessing their prevalence and for planning, implementing, a...

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Main Authors: Viviana QUIROZ, Daniela REINERO, Patricia HERNÁNDEZ, Johanna CONTRERAS, Rolando VERNAL, Paola CARVAJAL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572017000400404&lng=en&tlng=en