Treatment of proximal caries lesions by tunnel restorations

Dental Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1461-1467

  Wiegand, Annette ^a   Attin, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Class II; Composite; Glass ionomer cement; Tunnel preparation; Tunnel restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DENTAL MATERIALS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMALGAM RESTORATIONS; GLASS-IONOMER CEMENT; TUNNEL PREPARATION; TUNNEL RESTORATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

GLASS IONOMER; RESIN;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; GLASS IONOMER CEMENTS; HUMANS; MARGINAL ADAPTATION (DENTISTRY);

EID: 35548970178     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.12.004     Document Type: Review

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