Re-treatment decisions for failed posterior fillings by Finnish general practitioners

Community Dental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 98-103

  Heinikainen, Mia ^a   Vehkalahti, Miira ^a   Murtomaa, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Composite; Dental teachers; General practitioners; Re restoration

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GOLD ALLOY; RESIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; DENTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETREATMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH CROWN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERAMICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPOSITE RESINS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROWNS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTS; DENTURE, PARTIAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; INLAYS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETREATMENT;

EID: 0036617349     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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