Profiles of 500 patients who did and 486 patients who did not respond to a prosthodontic treatment questionnaire

International Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-465

  Layton, Danielle ^a   Walton, Terry R ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TOOTH PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROWNS; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS, IMPLANT-SUPPORTED; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649215273     PISSN: 08932174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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