Comparison of direct digital and conventional radiography for the detection of proximal surface caries in the mixed dentition

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Uprichard, Kristen K ^b   Potter, Brad J ^b   Russell, Carl M ^b   Schafer, Tara E ^b   Adair, Steven ^b   Weller, R Norman ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; CUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, MIXED; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; ROC CURVE; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0033648861     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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