Reliability of clinical attachment level recordings: Effects on prevalence, extent, and severity estimates

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 512-520

  López, Rodrigo ^a   Retamales, Carolina ^b   Contreras, Carolina ^b   Montes, José L ^b   Marín, Alejandro ^b   Væth, Michael ^a   Baelum, Vibeke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Longitudinal studies; Periodontal attachment loss; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL INDEX; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037690549     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2003.74.4.512     Document Type: Article

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