Is amalgam in child dental care on its way out? Restorative materials used in children and adolescents in 1978 and 1995 in Norway

Community Dental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Wang, N J ^a  

^a NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Composite; Epidemiology; Glass ionomer cement

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GLASS IONOMER; RESIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034208431     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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