Preferences of dental care providers in maintaining compromised teeth in relation to their professional status: Implants instead of periodontally involved maxillary molars?

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-150

  Zitzmann, Nicola U ^a   Scherrer, Susanne S ^b   Weiger, Roland ^a   Lang, Niklaus P ^c   Walter, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Maxillary molar; Specialisation; Survey; Treatment decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PERIODONTITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78651375270     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02062.x     Document Type: Article

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