An in vitro comparison of a combined FOTI/Visual examination of occlusal caries with other caries diagnostic methods and the effect of stain on their diagnostic performance

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-16

  Cortes D F ^a   Ellwood, Roger P ^b,d   Ekstrand, K R ^c  

^a GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; DIAGNOdent; Electrical caries monitor; Electrical resistance; Fibre optic transillumination; Laser fluorescence; Occlusal caries; Stain; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENAMEL; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FIBER OPTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; STAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; IMPEDANCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0038193792     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068230     Document Type: Article

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