Why do dentists struggle with removable partial denture design? An assessment of financial and educational issues

British Dental Journal

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Lynch, C D ^a   Allen, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DENTAL ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTISTRY; DENTURE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STANDARD; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRELAND; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSTHODONTICS; STATE DENTISTRY;

EID: 33644883393     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813309     Document Type: Article

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