A standardized photographic method for evaluating enamel opacities including fluorosis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 19-27

  Cochran, Judith A ^a   Ketley, Clare E ^b,h   Sanches, Leonor ^c   Mamai Homata, E ^d   Oila, Anna Maria ^e   Árnadóttir, Inga B ^f   Van Loveren, Cor ^g   Whelton, Helen P ^a   O'Mullane, Denis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dental fluorosis; Photographic method; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHILD; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2142759536     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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