Hidden caries: What is it? Does it exist? Does it matter?

International Dental Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 259-265

  Ricketts, David ^a,b   Kidd, Edwina ^a   Weerheijm, Karin ^a   De Soet, Hans ^a  

^a Guy's Hospital ^*

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; HUMANS; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0031242101     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.1997.tb00786.x     Document Type: Article

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