Prevalence of Dental Caries in Latvian 11- to 15-Year-Old Children and the Enhanced Diagnostic Yield of Temporary Tooth Separation, FOTI and Electronic Caries Measurement

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2-7

  Deery, C ^c   Care, R ^a   Chesters, R ^b   Huntington, E ^b   Stelmachonoka, S ^a   Gudkina, Y ^a  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATVIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DMF INDEX; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LATVIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0033629006     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016563     Document Type: Article

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