‘Working in the dark’: Swedish general dental practitioners on the complexity of root canal treatment

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 636-645

  Dahlstrom L ^a,b   Lindwall, O ^c   Rystedt, H ^c   Reit, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

complexity; endodontology; focus groups; general dental practitioners; root filling quality; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; ENDODONTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, DENTISTS'; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; SWEDEN; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84994556226     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iej.12675     Document Type: Article

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