A survey of the attitudes of members of the European Prosthodontic Association towards the shortened dental arch concept

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 165-169

  Finbarr Allen, P ^a   Witter, Dick J ^a   Wilson, Nairn H F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Shortened dental arch; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746598251     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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