Mineral loss in incipient caries lesions quantified with laser fluorescence and longitudinal microradiography: A methodologic study

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-13

  Emami, Zina ^b   Al Khateeb, Susan ^b   De Josselin De Jong, Elbert ^b   Sundström, Folke ^b   Trollsås, Karin ^b   Angmar Månsson, Birgit ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental caries; Human enamel; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MINERAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINERALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030077725     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016359609003502     Document Type: Article

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