Reproducibility and Validity of the Assessment of Clinical Furcation Parameters as Related to Different Probes

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 328-336

  Eickholz, Peter ^a,b   Kim, Ti Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Poliklin F Zahnerhaltungskunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Furcation diagnosis; Periodontal probes; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032018215     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1998.69.3.328     Document Type: Article

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