Recurrent caries at crown margins: Making a decision on treatment

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Alomari, Qasem ^a,b   Al Saiegh, Fatima ^c   Qudeimat, Muawia ^b   Omar, Ridwaan ^a  

^a Departments of Restorative Sciences   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crown margins; Crowned tooth; Recurrent caries, decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOOTH CROWN;

ADULT; AGED; CROWNS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349112726     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204348     Document Type: Article

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