The effect of multiple examinations on the diagnosis of approximal caries and the restoration of approximal surfaces

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-391

  Heaven, T J ^a   Firestone, A R ^b   Weems, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033093581     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70229-5     Document Type: Article

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