Diagnosis of approximal caries in primary teeth: Radiographic versus clinical examination using tooth separation

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 54-56

  De Araujo, Fernando Borba ^a   De Araujo, Daniela Rosito ^a   Dos Santos, Cristina Kaiser ^a   De Souza, Maria Antonieta Lopes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0030112199     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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