School academic climate and oral health (tooth loss) in adolescents.

BACKGROUND:Preventing tooth loss depends on oral health maintenance behaviors. This study hypothesized that adolescents with educational aspirations have greater motivation to invest in the future, including maintenance of oral health status. AIM:To analyze the association between a school academic...

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Main Authors: Carolina da Franca Bandeira Ferreira Santos, Fabiana Godoy, Valdenice Aparecida Menezes, Viviane Colares, Patrícia Maria Zarzar, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Ichiro Kawachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233505