Conventional, Digital and Contrast-Enhanced Bitewing Radiographs in the Decision to Restore Approximal Carious Lesions

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-199

  Haak, Rainer ^a   Wicht, Michael J ^b   Noack, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Bitewing; Contrast enhancement; Digital radiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0035344310     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047455     Document Type: Article

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