Trends in material choice for posterior restorations in an Israeli dental school: Composite resin versus amalgam

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1590-1595

  Ben Gal, Gilad ^a   Weiss, Ervin I ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Clinical education; Composite resin; Dental education

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCISOR; ISRAEL; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BICUSPID; COMPOSITE RESINS; CUSPID; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; ISRAEL; MOLAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL;

EID: 84855830672     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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