Influence of diagnostic adjuncts to the measurement of caries prevalence at different caries thresholds

International Dental Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 485-490

  Assaf, Andréa Videira ^a,b   De Castro Meneghim, Marcelo ^a,b   Zanin, Luciane ^a   Pardi, Vanessa ^a   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a   Bovi Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria ^a  

^a Departamento de Odontologia Social ^*

^b UNIOESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH BRUSHING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346331959     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2003.tb00891.x     Document Type: Article

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