Sealant use and placement techniques among pediatric dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1442-1451

  Primosch, Robert E ^a   Barr, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ACID ETCHING; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; CHILD; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH PREPARATION;

EID: 0035488221     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0061     Document Type: Article

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