Barriers to improving endodontic care: The views of NHS practitioners

British Dental Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 564-568

  McColl, E ^a   Smith, M ^a   Whitworth, J ^b   Seccombe, G ^b   Steele, J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTISTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; EUROPE; FEE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENDODONTICS; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEES, DENTAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; RUBBER DAMS; SOCIETIES, DENTAL; STATE DENTISTRY;

EID: 0033549216     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800170a     Document Type: Review

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