Validity and reproducibility of a laser fluorescence system for detecting the activity of white-spot lesions on free smooth surfaces in vivo

Caries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-24

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIARA Araraquara   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Free smooth surfaces; Laser fluorescence; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOOTH REMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0036365452     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057585     Document Type: Article

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