The use of clinical dental auxiliaries as examiners in caries prevalence surveys in the United Kingdom: A feasibility study

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-200

  Kwan, Stella Y L ^a   Prendergast, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dental auxiliaries; Epidemiological surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0032084563     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1998.tb01949.x     Document Type: Article

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