Observer agreement in the assessment of mandibular trabecular bone pattern from panoramic radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 90-94

  Taguchi, A ^a   Tanimoto, K ^a   Suei, Y ^a   Otani, K ^a   Wadamoto, M ^a   Akagawa, Y ^a   Wada, T ^b   Rohlin, M ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dental implantation; Mandible; Panoramic; Perception; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 0031083282     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600213     Document Type: Article

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