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A Self-Report to 2-Domain Questions May Accurately Screen for Periodontitis
The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
|September 4, 2017
Abstract
Article Title And Bibliographic Information:
A two-domain self-report measure of periodontal disease has good accuracy for periodontitis screening in dental school outpatients. Chatzopoulos GS, Tsalikis L, Konstantinidis A, Kotsakis GA. J Periodontol 2016;87:1165-73.
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Information not available TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Cohort study.
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