Quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF): A method for assessment of incipient caries lesions

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 298-307

  Angmar Mansson B ^a   Ten Bosch, J J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, oral; Diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LIGHT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0035515265     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600644     Document Type: Review

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