Consistency and conformity in caries assessment among dental nurses in Anguilla, British West Indies

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-281

  Adewakun, Adenike Adejoke ^a   Amaechi, Bennett Tochukwu ^b  

^a Oral HealthCare Solutions ^*  (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries assessment; Caries diagnosis; Conformity; Consistency; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 13744259726     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a8664     Document Type: Article

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