The diagnostic reliability of clinical dental auxiliaries in caries prevalence surveys - A pilot study

Community Dental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Kwan, Stella Y L ^a   Prendergast, Michael J ^a   Williams, Sonia A ^a  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Caries prevalence surveys; Dental auxiliaries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030239161     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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