Self-rated oral health status, oral health service utilization, and oral hygiene practices among adult Nigerians
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Self-rated oral health status, oral health service utilization, and oral hygiene practices among adult Nigerians
BACKGROUND There is scarce information available on oral health service utilization patterns and common oral hygiene practices among adult Nigerians. We conducted the 2010-2011 national oral health survey before the introduction of the national oral health policy to determine the prevalence of oral health service utilization, patterns of oral hygiene practices, and self reported oral health sta...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Oral Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6831
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-140