Use of local anesthesia in restorative treatment for adults in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-133

  Palotie, Ulla ^a,b   Vehkalahti, Miira M ^b  

^a City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental practices; Pain control; Private sector; Public sector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTAL MAIL; PREMOLAR TOOTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH PAIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249091987     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350601097281     Document Type: Article

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