The efficacy of caries detection using three intraoral films under different processing conditions

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1401-1408

  Ludlow, John B ^a   Platin, Enrique ^a   Delano, E Olutayo ^b   Clifton, Lenise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL MODELS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; ROC CURVE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0031252599     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0059     Document Type: Article

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