Radiographic diagnosis of dental caries

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 985-990

  Dove, S Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries diagnosis; Dental caries; Dental radiography; Dental radiology; Oral diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

BICUSPID; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035487973     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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