Frequency of non-carious triangular-shaped radiolucencies on bitewing radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-27

  Kühnisch, Jan ^a   Pasler, F A ^b   Bucher K ^a   Hickel, R ^a   Heinrich Weltzien, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Friedrich Schiller University of Jena ^*

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bitewing radiographs; Caries diagnosis; False positive results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING;

EID: 38949163255     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/79243767     Document Type: Article

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