Observer agreement in the detection of proximal caries with direct digital intraoral radiography

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Naitoh, Munetaka ^a   Yuasa, Hidemichi ^a   Toyama, Masahiko ^a   Shiojima, Masaru ^a   Nakamura, Moriatsu ^a   Ushida, Masayuki ^a   Iida, Hiroto ^a   Hayashi, Masanori ^a   Ariji, Eiichiro ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031608671     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90407-3     Document Type: Article

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