Ultrasonic measurement of enamel thickness: A tool for monitoring dental erosion?

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-191

  Huysmans, M C D N J M ^a,c   Thijssen, J M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental erosion; Diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENAMEL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DENTAL ENAMEL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; MICROCOMPUTERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; TOOTH EROSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034145246     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(99)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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