Interexaminer reliability of the assessment of clinical furcation parameters as related to different probes

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-8

  Eickholz, Peter ^a,c   Steinbrenner, Harald ^a   Lenhard, Markus ^a   Marquardt, Moritz ^b   Holle, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Poliklin fur Zahnerhaltungskunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Furcations; Interexaminer reliability; Periodontal probes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033073329     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0909-8836.1999.eos107102.x     Document Type: Article

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