Patients' satisfaction with dental esthetics

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-808

  Samorodnitzky Naveh, Gili R ^a,b   Geiger, Selly B ^a   Levin, Liran ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caries; Esthetics; Orthodontic treatment; Tooth fracture; Tooth whitening

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250821625     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0269     Document Type: Article

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