A comparison of radiographic occlusal and approximal caries diagnoses made by 240 dentists

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 285-289

  Espelid, Ivar ^a   Tveit, Anne Bjørg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Curve, receiver operating characteristic; Diagnostic errors; Kappa statistics; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BICUSPID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035491949     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163501750541147     Document Type: Article

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