Patients' choice of dental treatment following examination at a specialty unit for adverse reactions to dental materials

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 258-263

  Lygre, Gunvor Bentung ^a   Gjerdet, Nils Roar ^b   Björkman, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Dental materials; Follow up study; Improvement of health; Replacing dental materials

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETREATMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 10644277888     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350410001694     Document Type: Article

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