Comparison between Visual Examination and a Laser Fluorescence System for in vivo Diagnosis of Occlusal Caries

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 421-426

  Sheehy, E C ^a   Brailsford, S R ^a   Kidd, E A M ^a   Beighton, David ^a   Zoitopoulos, L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo diagnosis; Laser fluorescence; Occlusal caries; Visual detection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENAMEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTIN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0035524175     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047485     Document Type: Review

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