Influence of specialty training and experience on endodontic decision making

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1130-1134

  Dechouniotis, George ^a   Petridis, Xenos M ^a   Georgopoulou, Maria K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision making; endodontics; non surgical retreatment; specialty training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTISTRY; EDUCATION; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETREATMENT; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; ENDODONTICS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RETREATMENT; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SPECIALTIES, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 77955324868     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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