Brazilian dentists' restorative treatment decisions

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Traebert, Jefferson ^a   Marcenes, Wagner ^b   Kreutz, Jorge Vítor ^c   Oliveira, Rosana ^c   Piazza, Carlos Henrique ^c   Peres, Marco Aurélio ^d  

^a South of Santa Catarina University   (Brazil)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Brazilian Dental Association in Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Over treatment; Treatment decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 20144374200     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10079     Document Type: Article

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