Prosthodontic Decision Making among General Dentists in Sweden. II: The Choice between Fixed and Removable Partial Dentures

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-533

  Kronström, Mats ^a,b   Palmqvist, Sigvard ^b,c   Söderfeldt, Björn ^b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033223268     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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