Clinical evaluation of visual, radiographic, and laser fluorescence methods for detection of occlusal caries

Journal of Dentistry for Children

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-132

  Heinrich Weltzien, Roswitha ^a   Weerheijm, Karin L ^b   Kühnisch, Jan ^a   Oehme, Thomas ^a   Stösser, Lutz ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laser fluorescence; Occlusal caries

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 20244377642     PISSN: 15518949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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