A follow-up study of patients with subjective symptoms related to dental materials

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-234

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Dental materials; Follow up; Replacement; Subjective symptoms

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETREATMENT;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETREATMENT;

EID: 23844509220     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2005.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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