Can general dentists produce successful implant overdentures with minimal training?

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 796-801

  Esfandiari, Shahrokh ^a   Lund, James P ^a,d   Thomason, J Mark ^a,b   Dufresne, Eric ^a   Kobayashi, Taira ^a,c   Dubois, Melanie ^d   Feine, Jocelyne S ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental prostheses; Education; Implant overdentures; Prosthodontic; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL IMPLANTATION; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE, COMPLETE, LOWER; DENTURE, OVERLAY; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHODONTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751105936     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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