Quantifying enamel demineralization from teeth with orthodontic brackets - A comparison of two methods. Part 1: Repeatability and agreement

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Benson, Philip E ^a,c   Pender, Neil ^b   Higham, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL BONDING; ENAMEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OPTICS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH DISEASE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; OPTICS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0037812302     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/25.2.149     Document Type: Article

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