Occlusal restorative decisions based on visual inspection - Calibration and comparison of different methods

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-159

  Lavonius, Eeva ^a   Kerosuo, Eero ^a,b,e   Kallio, Pekka ^a   Pietilä, Ilpo ^c   Mjör, Ivar A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^c Dental Health Unit   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e Institute of Dentistry   (Finland)

Author keywords

Binocular magnification; Calibration; Fibre optic transillumination; Fissure caries diagnosis; In vitro study; Inter observer variations; Treatment decisions

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINLAND; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FINLAND; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0031113849     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00914.x     Document Type: Article

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