Operator agreement in the use of a descriptive index of edentulous alveolar ridge form

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-40

  Fenlon, M R ^a,b   Sherriff, M ^a   Walter, J D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Dentures; Edentulous jaws

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EDENTULOUSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033068132     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(99)80674-2     Document Type: Article

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