Diagnostic performance of general dental practitioners after lecture in identifying post-menopausal women with low bone mineral density by panoramic radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-252

  Sutthiprapaporn, P ^a   Taguchi, Akira ^b   Nakamoto, T ^a   Ohtsuka, M ^a   Mallick, P C ^a   Tsuda, M ^a   Kodama, I ^a   Kudo, Y ^a   Suei, Y ^b   Tanimoto, X ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bones; Images; Jaws; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RADIOLOGY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746066008     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/16882209     Document Type: Article

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