Radiographic criteria employed to diagnose and treat approximal caries by final-year dental students in Mexico City

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-246

  Maupomé, Gerardo ^a   Sheiham, Aubrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Diagnosis; Radiography; Restorative treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; MEXICO; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0031154299     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00934.x     Document Type: Article

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