Behaviour of Approximal Carious Lesions Assessed by Clinical Examination after Tooth Separation and Radiography: A 2.5-Year Longitudinal Study in Young Adults

Caries Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 415-422

  Hintze, Hanne ^a   Wenzel, A ^b   Danielsen, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Disease progression; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033228301     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016545     Document Type: Article

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