Reliability and validity issues of laser fluorescence measurements in occlusal caries diagnosis

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 129-134

  Alwas Danowska, Hanna M ^a   Plasschaert, Alphons J M ^b   Suliborski, Stanislaw ^a   Verdonschot, Emiel H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Laser fluorescence; Occlusal caries; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DENTIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036580375     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(02)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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