The diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility of school dental screening using an index of treatment need

Community Dental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-174

  Hetherington, I ^a,c   White, D A ^b  

^a Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Aston Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Index; School dental screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALOCCLUSION; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH MALFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH EROSION; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 3042719555     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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