The role of caries recognition: Treatment decisions from bitewing radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 228-233

  Mileman, P A ^a   Van der Weele, L T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural sciences; Decision making; Dental; Dental caries; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030275586     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.25.5.9161175     Document Type: Article

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