A clinical and radiographic comparison of caries diagnosed in approximal surfaces of posterior teeth in a low-risk population of 14-year-old children

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Llena Puy, M Carmen ^a   Forner, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Approximal caries diagnosis; Bitewing radiography; Dental caries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 20144375904     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a10078     Document Type: Article

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