Diagnosis of approximal caries: Bite-wing radiology versus the Ultrasound Caries Detector. An in vitro study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 626-631

  Matalon, Shlomo ^a   Feuerstein, Osnat ^b   Kaffe, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOLOGY; STEREOMICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BICUSPID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038162434     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.164     Document Type: Article

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