Orthodontic treatment need for Brazilian schoolchildren: a study using the Dental Aesthetic Index
OBJECTIVE: To determine the normative orthodontic treatment need among 12-year-old Brazilian schoolchildren, in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and compare with the need as perceived by the children themselves and their parents or caregivers, assessing putative associated soc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Dental Press Editora
2013-02-01
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Series: | Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512013000100021 |