Oral hygiene status of Kuwaiti schoolchildren
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Oral hygiene status of Kuwaiti schoolchildren.
A national epidemiological survey of children aged 5-14 years was conducted in all 5 governorates of Kuwait in 2001 to determine the oral hygiene status of Kuwait in schoolchildren. Clinical examinations were carried out by calibrated dentists according to World Health Organization criteria. The debris index simplified (DI-S) score was used to assess oral hygiene status. Of the 3294 children, 3...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.5.387