Is ART really atraumatic?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 431-435

  Van Amerongen, W Evert ^a   Rahimtoola, Salim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ART; Atraumatic restorative treatment; Cavity size; Dental caries; Discomfort; Glass ionomer; Pain

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GLASS IONOMER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0033472542     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02044.x     Document Type: Article

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