Attitudes of general dental practitioners in the UK to the use of composite materials in posterior teeth

British Dental Journal

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Gilmour, A S M ^a   Evans, P ^a   Addy, L D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34250821679     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.472     Document Type: Article

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