Attitudes of some European dental undergraduate students to the placement of direct restorative materials in posterior teeth

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 916-926

  Lynch, C D ^a   Guillem, S E ^a   Nagrani, B ^a   Gilmour, A S M ^a   Ericson, D ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Dental education; Dental student; Operative dentistry; Posterior composite; Resin composite

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; RESIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SWEDEN; WALES;

EID: 78149241177     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2010.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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