The quality of fixed prosthodontic impressions: An assessment of crown and bridge impressions received at commercial laboratories

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 148, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 654-660

  Rau, Clayton T ^a   Olafsson, Vilhelm G ^a   Delgado, Alex J ^a   Ritter, André V ^a   Donovan, Terry E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

dental; fixed prosthetics; impression material; Laboratories; restorative dentistry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DENTIST; ERROR; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MORALITY; OCCUPATION; ODDS RATIO; ORGAN CULTURE; RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY; SOFT TISSUE; TOOTH; DENTAL IMPRESSION; FIXED PARTIAL DENTURE; LABORATORY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH CROWN;

CROWNS; DENTAL IMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; DENTURE, PARTIAL, FIXED; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, DENTAL;

EID: 85020251757     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.04.038     Document Type: Article

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