Reliability of quantitative laser fluorescence analysis of smooth surface lesions adjacent to the gingival tissues

Caries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-189

  Yin, W ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Hu, D ^a   Ellwood, R P ^b   Pretty, Iain A ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buccal lesions; Early caries; Quantitative laser fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH CERVIX;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH CERVIX;

EID: 34147092693     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099316     Document Type: Article

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