Performance and Reproducibility of a Laser Fluorescence System for Detection of Occlusal Caries in vitro

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 261-266

  Lussi, A ^b   Imwinkelried, S ^c   Pitts, N B ^c   Longbottom, C ^c   Reich, E ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Präventiv und Kinderzahnmedizin   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dental caries; Detection; Diagnosis; Fluorescence; Lasers; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL OCCLUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033160413     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016527     Document Type: Article

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