Validity of using a panoramic radiograph for initial dental classification of army recruits

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 368-372

  Chaffin, Jeffrey G ^a   Hennessy, Bernard J ^b   Cripps, Kathryn A ^b  

^a US Army Dental Command   (United States)

^b Comanche Adv Gen Dentistry Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CODING; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OKLAHOMA; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242677978     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.5.368     Document Type: Article

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