Efficient resource use in simplified complete denture fabrication

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 512-516

  Kawai, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Takanashi, Yoshiaki ^b   Lund, James P ^b,c   Feine, Jocelyne S ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complete denture; Cost; Edentulous; Healthcare economics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTURE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE, COMPLETE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957321332     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: 1532849X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.2010.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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