Survival and reasons for failure of amalgam versus composite posterior restorations placed in a randomized clinical trial

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-783

  Bernardo, Mario ^a   Luis, Henrique ^a   Martin, Michael D ^b   Leroux, Brian G ^b   Rue, Tessa ^b   Leitão, Jorge ^c   Derouen, Timothy A ^b,c  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DENTÁRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Composite; Dental restoration failure; Randomized controlled clinical trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250808961     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0265     Document Type: Article

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