A Caries Susceptibility Classification of Tooth Surfaces by Survival Time

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-108

  Hannigan, A ^b   O'Mullane, D M ^c   Barry, D ^c   Schafer F ^a   Roberts, A J ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Caries susceptibility; Classification of tooth surfaces; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH LOSS; WALES;

EID: 0034151803     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016576     Document Type: Article

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