A prognostic model for assessment of the outcome of endodontic treatment: Effect of biologic and diagnostic variables

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 342-352

  Chugal, Nadia M ^a   Clive, Jonathan M ^b   Spångberg, Larz S W ^b  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL SURGERY; ENDODONTICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035289909     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2001.113106     Document Type: Article

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