Approaches taken to the treatment of young children with carious primary teeth: A national cross-sectional survey of general dental practitioners and paediatric specialists in England

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tickle, M ^a,c   Threlfall, A G ^a   Pilkington, L ^a   Milsom, K M ^a   Duggal, M S ^b   Blinkhorn, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 34547549300     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.570     Document Type: Article

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