General dental practitioners diagnostic and treatment decisions related to fissure sealed surfaces

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 313-318

  Deery, C ^a   Fyffe, H E ^a   Nugent, Z J ^a   Nuttall, N M ^a   Pitts, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Diagnosis; Fissure sealants; Occlusal caries; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BICUSPID; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034222697     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(00)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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