Influence of examiner's clinical experience in detecting occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

Pediatric Dentistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-243

  Bengtson, Antonio Lucindo ^a   Gomes, Ana Catarina ^a   Mendes, Fausto Medeiros ^a,b   Cichello, Loty Rosana Damy ^a   Bengtson, Nadya Galvão ^a   Pinheiro, Sérgio Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caries Detection; Laser Fluorescence; Occlusal Caries; Primary Teeth; Visual Inspection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTISTS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 26944462055     PISSN: 01641263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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