Detection of Early Interproximal Caries in vitro Using Laser Fluorescence, Dye-Enhanced Laser Fluorescence and Direct Visual Examination

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-233

  Eggertsson, Hafsteinn ^a,b   Analoui, M ^b   Van Der Veen, M H ^b   Gonzalez Cabezas C ^b   Eckert, G J ^a   Stookey, G K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Early detection; Laser fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BICUSPID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033125534     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016521     Document Type: Article

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