Practitioner, patient and carious lesion characteristics associated with type of restorative material: Findings from the dental practice-based research network

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 622-632

  Makhija, Sonia K ^a   Gordan, Valeria V ^b   Gilbert, Gregg H ^a   Litaker, Mark S ^a   Brad Rindal, D ^c   Pihlstrom, Daniel J ^d,e   Qvist, Vibeke ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Evidence Based Care and Oral Wellness Research   (United States)

^e Permanente Dental Associates   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Dental amalgam; Direct resin based composite; Multicenter studies; Practice Based Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960085712     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0244     Document Type: Article

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