Evaluation of a computer program for caries risk assessment in schoolchildren

Caries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 327-340

  Hansel Petersson G ^a,c   Twetman, S ^b   Bratthall, D ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries prediction; Caries risk; Cariogram; Clinical decision making; Dental caries; Prediction model; Preventive dentistry; Risk assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CARIOGENIC DIET; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DMF INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SOFTWARE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036727903     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065963     Document Type: Article

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