Performance of conventional and new methods for the detection of occlusal caries in deciduous teeth

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-7

  Lussi, A ^a,b   Francescut, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Präventiv und Kinderzahnmedizin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caries detection; Deciduous teeth; DIAGNOdent; Laser; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARE; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; LENSES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0037518391     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068226     Document Type: Article

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