The intra/inter-examiner reproducibility of the new DIAGNOdent Pen on occlusal sites

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-512

  Kühnisch, Jan ^a   Bücher, Katharina ^a   Hickel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental caries; DIAGNOdent; Diagnosis; Laser fluorescence; Pits and fissures; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LASER; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTISTS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 34247606687     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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