Comparison of diagnostic yields of clinical and radiographic caries examinations in children of different age

European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Machiulskiene, V ^a   Nyvad, B ^b   Baelum, V ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bitewing radiographs; Caries diagnosis; Children; Non cavitated caries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 16544375153     PISSN: 1591996X     EISSN: 2035648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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