Effect of different diagnostic thresholds on dental caries calibration

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-22

  Assaf, Andréa Videira ^a,b   Meneghim, Marcelo De Castro ^a,b   Zanin, Luciane ^b   Cortelazzi, Karine Laura ^b   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^b   Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria Bovi ^b  

^a UNIOESTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646196691     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02546.x     Document Type: Article

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