Patients' perception of lasers in dentistry

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Wigdor, Harvey ^a,b,c  

^a ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

dental drill; dentistry; patients perception; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTISTRY; DRILL; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; LASERS; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030953879     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)20:1<47::AID-LSM7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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