A clinical study of caries diagnosis with a laser fluorescence system

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 572-579

  Barbería, Elena ^a   Maroto, Myriam ^a   Arenas, Marcela ^a   Cardoso Silva, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caries diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Early detection of caries; Laser fluorescence system

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949129813     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0217     Document Type: Article

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