Willingness to pay for dentin regeneration in a sample of dentate adults

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-216

  Birch, Stephen ^a   Sohn, Woosung ^b   Ismail, Amid I ^b   Lepkowski, James M ^b   Belli, Robert F ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dental enamel proteins; Endodontics; Quality of life; Regeneration; Tooth extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DENTIN; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PULPITIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTIN; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULPITIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942700160     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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