Success rates of formocresol pulpotomy and indirect pulp therapy in the treatment of deep dentinal caries in primary teeth

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 278-286

  Farooq, Naila S ^a   Coll, James A ^a   Kuwabara, Alan ^a   Shelton, Preston ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMOCRESOL;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP CAPPING; DENTIN; FORMOCRESOLS; HUMANS; MOLAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULPOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0034223638     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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