Detection of approximal caries with a new laser fluorescence device

Caries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Lussi, A ^a,c   Hack, A ^b   Hug, I ^a   Heckenberger, H ^b   Megert, B ^a   Stich, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KaVo Dental GmbH   (Germany)

^c Präventiv und Kinderzahnmedizin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Bitewing radiography; Caries detection; DIAGNOdent; DIAGNOdent pen; Laser fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LASERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644637216     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091054     Document Type: Article

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