Convergence angles of clinical tooth preparations achieved by dental students at king saud university, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1154-1158

  Aleisa, Khalil ^a   Al Dwairi, Ziad N ^b   Alwazzan, Khalid ^a   Al Moither, Meteab ^c   Al Shammari, Meshal ^c   Lynch, Edward ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Dental education; Prosthodontics; Prosthodontics education; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DENTAL ABUTMENT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHODONTICS EDUCATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

CLINICAL EDUCATION; DENTAL EDUCATION; PROSTHODONTICS; PROSTHODONTICS EDUCATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

CROWNS; DENTAL ABUTMENTS; DENTAL PROSTHESIS DESIGN; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; PROSTHODONTICS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH; TOOTH PREPARATION, PROSTHODONTIC;

EID: 84884527346     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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