Dentist-Patient Communication and Patient Satisfaction in Prosthetic Dentistry

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-37

  Sondell, Katarina ^a   Söderfeldt, Björn ^b   Palmqvist, Sigvard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS, WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036357783     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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