Measurement of Enamel Demineralization using Microradiography and Confocal Microscopy

Caries Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 317-325

  Fontana, M ^a   Li, Y ^a   Dunipace, P ^a   Noblitt, T W ^a   Fischer, G ^a   Katz, B P ^a   Stookey, G K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Enamel caries; Microradiography

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RHODAMINES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0030333715     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262337     Document Type: Article

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