Reproducibility and accuracy of the ICDAS-II for detection of occlusal caries in vitro

Caries Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Jablonski Momeni, A ^a   Stachniss, V ^a   Ricketts, D N ^b   Heinzel Gutenbrunner, M ^a   Pieper, K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histology; International Caries Detection and Assessment System; Microscopy; Occlusal caries; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42449091085     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113160     Document Type: Article

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