Effects of additional teaching of final-year dental students on their radiographic diagnosis of caries

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Wrbas, K Th ^a   Kielbassa, A M ^a   Schulte Monting J ^a   Hellwig, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Assessment of education; Bitewing radiograph; Diagnosis; Efficacy of teaching

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; EDUCATION; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PULP; DENTIN; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0034252275     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2000.040309.x     Document Type: Article

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