Effect of contact media on the diagnostic quality of electrical resistance measurements for occlusal caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-167

  Mosahebi, Negin ^a   Ricketts, David Nigel James ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical resistance; Occlusal caries diagnosis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOOTHPASTE;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GEL; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTIFRICES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GELS; HUMANS; MOLAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0036617212     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.300301.x     Document Type: Article

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