Use of high-powered magnification to detect occlusal caries in primary teeth

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-22

  Mendes, Fausto Medeiros ^a   Ganzerla, Emily ^b   Nunes, Ana Fátima ^b   Puig, Alexandre Vidal Cucurull ^b   Imparato, José Carlos Pettorossi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b University of São Paulo ^*

^c SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; LENSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 33645542213     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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