A rationale for the use of high-powered magnification or microscopes in general dentistry

General Dentistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Mamoun, John S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTURE; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL POLISHING; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; DENTURE BASES; DENTURE DESIGN; HUMANS; LENSES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; OCCLUSAL ADJUSTMENT; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149357441     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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