Effect of different diagnostic thresholds on dental caries calibration - A 12 month evaluation

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-219

  Assaf, Andréa Videira ^a,b   Meneghim, Marcelo De Castro ^a   Zanin, Luciane ^a   Tengan, Cristiana ^a   Pereira, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION; ENAMEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CALIBRATION; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTITION, MIXED; DMF INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745939900     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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