Teeth with large amalgam restorations and crowns: Factors affecting the receipt of subsequent treatment after 10 years

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 738-748

  Kolker, Justine L ^a   Damiano, Peter C ^b,c   Caplan, Daniel J ^d   Armstrong, Steven R ^c   Dawson, Deborah V ^c   Jones, Michael P ^c   Flach, Stephen D ^e   Warren, John J ^c   Kuthy, Raymond A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Public Policy Center Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 4016 Seamans Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam restorations; Crowns; Outcomes; Subsequent treatment

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DENTAL CARE; DENTISTRY; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 20544475690     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0257     Document Type: Article

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