Routine panoramic radiography of new adult patients in general dental practice: Relevance of diagnostic yield to treatment and identification of radiographic selection criteria

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 488-495

  Rushton, V E ^a,b   Horner, K ^a   Worthington, H V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EDEMA; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DISEASES; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 0036527294     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.121994     Document Type: Article

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