Assessment of different methods for diagnosing dental caries in epidemiological surveys

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 418-425

  Assaf, Andréa Videira ^a   De Castro Meneghim, Marcelo ^a   Zanin, Luciane ^a   Mialhe, Fábio Luiz ^a   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a   Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria Bovi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 16644363889     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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