Attitudes and practice in the provision of removable partial dentures

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Allen, P F ^a   Jepson, N J ^b   Doughty, J ^c   Bond, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTISTRY; DENTURE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTURE, PARTIAL, REMOVABLE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; STATE DENTISTRY;

EID: 38149083472     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.568     Document Type: Article

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