Efficacy of a dip slide test for mutans streptococci in caries risk assessment

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 443-448

  Pinelli, Camila ^a   Serra, Mônica Campos ^a   De Castro Monteiro Loffredo, Leonor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caries risk assessment; Dip slide tests; Interexaminer agreement; Mutans streptococci; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEST STRIP;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0035752878     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290605.x     Document Type: Article

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