Can nonstandardized bitewing radiographs be used to assess the presence of alveolar bone loss in epidemiologic studies?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Merchant, Anwar T ^a,b,g   Pitiphat, Waranuch ^b,c,d   Parker, Jessica ^e   Joshipura, Kaumudi ^b,c   Kellerman, Mary ^f   Douglass, Chester W ^b,c,f  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^f CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitewing; Epidemiologic study; Nonstandardized radiograph; Periodontitis assessment; Sensitivity and specificity; Standardized radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; CENTRIC RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 4344715562     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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