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KAP of General Dental practitioner regarding Pedodontic Treatment.

Daya Srinivasan, Joe Louis.C, Senthil.D,Senthil Eagappan AR.

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To find the type of dental treatments rendered to the child patient by the General Dental practitioner in both urban and rural area.  To find if the general dentist has adequate knowledge, aptitude and clinical skill to practice and deliver dental treatment to a child patient.


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