The sensitivity and specificity of clinical assessment compared with bitewing radiography for detection of occlusal dentin caries

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-210

  Fracaro, Matthew S ^d   Seow, W Kim ^a   McAllan, Lynette H ^b   Purdie, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Oral Health Education Unit   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS; TOOTHPASTE;

EID: 0035346246     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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