Clinical results and new developments of direct posterior restorations

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 13, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2000, Pages

  Hickel, Reinhard ^a   Manhart, Juergen ^a   García Godoy, Franklin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; GLASS IONOMER; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE RESINS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION WEAR; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY); RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034329513     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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