An in vitro Comparison of the Ability of Fibre-Optic Transillumination, Visual Inspection and Radiographs to Detect Occlusal Caries and Evaluate Lesion Depth

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 443-447

  Côrtes, Denise F ^a,c   Ekstrand, K R ^d   Elias Boneta, A R ^b   Ellwood, R P ^d  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Institute of Dentistry   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bite wing radiograph; Diagnosis; Fibre optic transillumination; Occlusal caries; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENAMEL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; MICROTOMY; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0034322398     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016621     Document Type: Review

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