Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 301-308 , May 2008

Sex differences in denture satisfaction

  • Shaoxia Pan

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Prosthodontics, Peking University, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Manal Awad

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • College of Dentistry, Department of General and Specialist Dental Practice, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
    • ,
  • J. Mark Thomason

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
    • ,
  • Eric Dufresne

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Taira Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Crown and Bridge Prothodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Mastudo, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Suguru Kimoto

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Gnatho-Oral Prosthetics Rehabilitation, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Mastudo, Chiba, Japan
    • ,
  • Stephanie D. Wollin

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • Jocelyne S. Feine

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3550 University Street, Suite 101, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2A7, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 398 7203x00052; fax: +1 514 398 7220.

Received 23 November 2007 ,Revised 6 February 2008 ,Accepted 8 February 2008.

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PII: S0300-5712(08)00051-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2008.02.009

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 301-308 , May 2008

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