Can Glass Ionomer Sealants be Cost-Effective?

Journal of Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Kervanto Seppälä, Sari ^a   Lavonius, Eeva ^a   Kerosuo, Eero ^a,b   Pietilä, Ilpo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c Dental Health Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHENOL A BIS(2 HYDROXYPROPYL) ETHER DIMETHACRYLATE; FISSURE SEALANT; GLASS IONOMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

BISPHENOL A-GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034570580     PISSN: 08958831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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