Journal of Dentistry
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 232-236 , March 2010

Better oral health related quality of life: Type of prosthesis or psychological robustness?

  • E. Emami

      Affiliations

    • Département de dentisterie de restauration, Faculté de Médecine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • P.J. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • ,
  • P. de Grandmont

      Affiliations

    • Département de dentisterie de restauration, Faculté de Médecine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • P.H. Rompré

      Affiliations

    • Département de stomatologie, Faculté de Médecine dentaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • J.S. Feine

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: McGill University, 3550 University St., Montreal, Quebec H3A2A7, Canada. Tel.: +1 514 398 7203x00052.

Received 18 September 2009 ,Revised 7 November 2009 ,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2009.11.002

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 232-236 , March 2010

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