Association between self-rated oral appearance and the need for dental prostheses among elderly Brazilians

Association between self-rated oral appearance and the need for dental prostheses among elderly Brazilians

We investigated the association between poor self-rated oral appearance and the need for dental prostheses among elderly Brazilians. National data from an epidemiological survey on oral health in Brazil conducted from 2002 to 2003 by the Ministry of Health (SB, Brazil) with a multistage random sampl...

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Main Authors: Emília Araújo Vilela, Andréa Maria Eleutério de Barros Lima Martins, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas, Raquel Conceição Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2013-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
Subjects:
Oral Health
Dental Prosthesis
Esthetics
Dental Care for Aged
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242013000300203

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