Minimally invasive management of dental caries: Contemporary teaching of posterior resin-based composite placement in U.S. and Canadian dental schools

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 612-620

  Lynch, Christopher D ^a   Frazier, Kevin B ^b   McConnell, Robert J ^c   Blum, Igor R ^d   Wilson, Nairn H F ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental students; Operative dentistry; Posterior resin based composites; Resin based composites; Restorations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960091620     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0243     Document Type: Article

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