Attitudes and behaviour regarding deep dentin caries removal: A survey among German dentists

Caries Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 566-573

  Schwendicke, F ^a   Meyer Lueckel, H ^b   Dorfer C ^a   Paris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Caries; Dentists; Excavation; Incomplete; Partial; Questionnaire; Removal; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE;

AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; DENTIST; DISEASE COURSE; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HARDNESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY LINING; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL PULP CAPPING; DENTAL PULP EXPOSURE; DENTIN; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; DENTISTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HARDNESS; HUMANS; MALE; PULP CAPPING AND PULPECTOMY AGENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880660222     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351662     Document Type: Review

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