The attitudes of general dental practitioners and medical specialists to the provision of intra-oral appliances for the management of snoring and sleep apnoea

British Dental Journal

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 653-657

  Jauhar, S ^a   Lyons, M F ^b   Banham, S W ^c   Orchardson, R ^d   Livingston, E ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MASS SCREENING; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 57849137773     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2008.1022     Document Type: Article

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