Agreement amongst examiners assessing dental fluorosis from digital photographs using the TF index

Community Dental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Tavener, J ^a   Davies, R M ^a   Ellwood, Roger P ^a  

^a Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Digital images; Reproducibility; TF index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; ENAMEL; HUMAN; INCISOR; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE;

CHILD; CONSENSUS; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INCISOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947228401     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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