Effects of imaging system and exposure on accurate detection of the second mesio-buccal canal in maxillary molar teeth

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 796-802

  Ramamurthy, Ramya ^a   Scheetz, James P ^b   Clark, Stephen J ^b   Farman, Allan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT; X RAY FILM;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH ROOT; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33751308901     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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