Restorative treatment threshold reported by Iranian dentists

Community Dental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Ghasemi, Hadi ^a,b   Murtomaa, H ^a   Torabzadeh, H ^b   Vehkalahti, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dentists' characteristics; Patient paper case; Proximal caries; Restorative treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DMF INDEX; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649149119     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2186Ghasemi06     Document Type: Article

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