Evaluation of cavitations in proximal caries lesions at various magnification levels in vitro

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 817-822

  Kielbassa, Andrej M ^a   Paris, Sebastian ^a   Lussi, Adrian ^b   Meyer Lueckel, Hendrik ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cavitation; In vitro; Magnification; Proximal caries; Radiograph; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LENSES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751098062     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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