Rubber dam use during root canal treatment: Findings from the Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-186

  Anabtawi, Mona F ^a,b   Gilbert, Gregg H ^c   Bauer, Michael R ^d   Reams, Gregg ^e   Makhija, Sonia K ^c   Benjamin, Paul L ^f   Dale Williams, O ^f  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Health Partners Dental Group   (United States)

^e Permanente Dental Associates   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentistry; Practice Based Research; Root canal treatment; Rubber dam

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; COFFERDAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCANDINAVIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; RUBBER DAMS; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874723988     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0097     Document Type: Article

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