Percentile Curves for Present Teeth in Smokers and Non-smokers in an Adult Male Population
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Percentile curves for present teeth in smokers and non-smokers in an adult male population.
The purpose of this study was to obtain percentile curves for present teeth in smokers and non-smokers for use in oral health education. Dental examinations were carried out by two dentists. The number of present teeth in each subject was counted, excluding the third molars. Subjects consisted of 2,283 men aged between 25 and 54 years enrolled in the health insurance union of a bank in Yokohama...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0040-8891
DOI: 10.2209/tdcpublication.47.51