Angle of convergence of posterior crown preparations made by predoctoral dental students

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1118-1121

  Alhazmi, Muntaha ^a   El Mowafy, Omar ^b   Zahran, Mohamed H ^c   Uctasli, Sadullah ^d   Alkumru, Hassan ^b   Nada, Kareem ^b  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; Crown preparation; Crown retention; Dental education; Prosthodontics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAD/CAM; CANADA; CROWN PREPARATION; CROWN RETENTION; DENTAL ABUTMENT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CAD/CAM; CROWN PREPARATION; CROWN RETENTION; DENTAL EDUCATION; PROSTHODONTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROWNS; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTAL PROSTHESIS RETENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PROSTHODONTICS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH PREPARATION, PROSTHODONTIC;

EID: 84884517252     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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