The electronic diagnosis of caries in pits and fissures: Site-specific stable conductance readings or cumulative resistance readings?

Caries Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-124

  Ricketts, D N J ^a   Kidd, E A M ^a   Wilson, R F ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electrical resistance; Occlusal caries

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR PRESSURE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030637051     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262386     Document Type: Article

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