Prosthodontic Decision Making among General Dentists in Sweden. III: The Choice between Fixed Partial Dentures and Single Implants

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

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

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL IMPLANTS, SINGLE-TOOTH; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL HYGIENE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033754538     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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