Examiner agreement in the replacement decision of Class I amalgam restorations

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 081-092

  Ermiş, R Banu ^a   Aydin, Ulkem ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Amalgam body fractures; Decision making; Dental; Diagnosis; Ditched margins; Examiner variation; Marginal overhangs; Radiography; Secondary caries

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESTORATION FAILURE; DENTAL RESTORATION WEAR; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETREATMENT;

EID: 3042581069     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-5-2-81     Document Type: Article

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