Number and frequency of bitewing radiographs and assessment of approximal caries in 14-to-19-year-old Swedish adolescents

Swedish Dental Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Edblad, Eva ^a   Gustafsson, Annika ^a   Svenson, Björn ^a,b   Jansson, Leif ^a,c  

^a POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION CENTER   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR POSTGRADUATE DENTAL EDUCATION   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Dental; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032246518     PISSN: 03479994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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