Clinical evaluation of the measuring accuracy of ROOT ZX in primary teeth

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

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-100

  Kielbassa, Andrej M ^a   Muller, Ursula ^c   Munz, Inka ^c   Monting, Jürgen Schulte ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTIST; DEVICE; ENDODONTICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; HISTOLOGY; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODONTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; ODONTOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; ROOT RESORPTION; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 0038521461     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.99     Document Type: Article

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