Children's oral health in Italy: Training and Clinical Calibration of Examiners for the National Pathfinder about Caries Disease

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-261

  Castiglia, Paolo ^a   Campus, Guglielmo ^a   Solinas, Giuliana ^a   Maida, Carmelo ^a   Strohmenger, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental health; Epidemiology; Examiner calibration

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; ITALY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36549084755     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a12793     Document Type: Article

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