A comparison of manual and controlled-force attachment-level measurements

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 920-926

  Reddy, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment level measurement; Periodontal probe; Periodontal probing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031309455     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.1997.tb01212.x     Document Type: Article

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