The use of magnification in a preventive approach to caries detection

Quintessence International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-16

  Forgie, Andrew H ^a   Pine, Cynthia M ^a   Pitts, Nigel B ^a  

^a DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Diagnosis; Magnification; Prevention; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TIME; VISION;

BICUSPID; CUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; LENSES; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 0036372642     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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