Undergraduate experience and self-assessed confidence in paediatric dentistry: Comparison of three UK dental schools

British Dental Journal

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Rodd, Helen D ^a   Farman, M ^a   Albadri, S ^b   MacKie, I C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 77949561887     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.207     Document Type: Article

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