Effects of dental probing on occlusal surfaces - A scanning electron microscopy evaluation

Caries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Kühnisch, Jan ^a   Dietz, Wolfram ^b   Stösser, Lutz ^b   Hickel, Reinhard ^a   Heinrich Weltzien, Roswitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental caries, diagnosis; Dental probing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENAMEL; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLAR, THIRD;

EID: 33845759387     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096104     Document Type: Article

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