A visual analog scale for measuring dental fluorosis severity

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 895-901

  Vieira, Anya P G F ^a   Lawrence, Herenia P ^b   Limeback, Hardy ^b   Sampaio, Fabio C ^c   Grynpas, Marc ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous scale; Dental fluorosis; Index; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544437881     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0290     Document Type: Article

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