Rethinking ferrule - A new approach to an old dilemma

British Dental Journal

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Jotkowitz, A ^a   Samet, N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; PROCEDURES; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

CROWNS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; POST AND CORE TECHNIQUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH PREPARATION, PROSTHODONTIC; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 77954606487     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.580     Document Type: Article

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