Diagnostic outcome of methods frequently used for caries validation: A comparison of clinical examination, radiography and histology following hemisectioning and serial tooth sectioning

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Hintze, Hanne ^a   Wenzel, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caries diagnosis; Dental caries; Histology; Radiography; Reproducibility; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE SECTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MICROTOMY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; MICROTOMY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037629950     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069016     Document Type: Article

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