Variables Contributing to the Quality of Fissure Sealants Used by General Dental Practitioners

Operative Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 756-764

  Duangthip, D ^a   Lussi, A ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOMER; METHYLENE BLUE; RESIN; SEALANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CEMENTATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; ENAMEL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH DISEASE;

ACID ETCHING, DENTAL; COLORING AGENTS; COMPOMERS; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL LEAKAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0344153407     PISSN: 03617734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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