Comparing the accuracy of Dutch dentists and dental students in the radiographic diagnosis of dentinal caries

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Mileman, P A ^a   Van Den Hout, W B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Radiography, dental; ROC curve; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RATE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PARAMETER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD; STUDENT; SUMMARY RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TRUE POSITIVE RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIN; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RISK; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0036358056     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600652     Document Type: Article

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