A two-centre study to determine dentists' agreement with current guidelines on the frequency of bitewing radiography

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Rushton, V E ^a,b   Horner, K ^a   Worthington, H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTISTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030155161     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00837.x     Document Type: Article

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