An in vitro comparison between two methods of electrical resistance measurement for occlusal caries detection

Caries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-111

  Kuhnisch J ^a   Heinrich Weltzien, R ^b   Tabatabaie, M ^b   Stosser L ^b   Huysmans, M C D N J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cariometer; CRM 800; Diagnostic performance; ECM III; Electronic caries monitor; Occlusal caries diagnosis; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 33644636336     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091055     Document Type: Article

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