Clinical quality of removable dentures provided by dentists, denturists and laboratory technicians

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Tuominen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental technicians; Dentists; Dentures; Denturists; Epidemiology; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; DENTURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAXILLA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EDENTULOUSNESS; EVALUATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; DENTURISTS; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0037667677     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2003.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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