Do dental educators need to improve their approach to teaching rubber dam use?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1177-1181

  Hill, Edward E ^a   Rubel, Barry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

General dentists; Rubber dam; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIST; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; RUBBER DAMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149216852     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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