The management of incipient or suspicious occlusal caries: A decision-tree analysis

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 392-400

  Balevi, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite wings; Caries; Clinical decision making; Decision tree analysis; Diagnostic test; Expected utility value; Fluoride; Sealant

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FISSURE SEALANT; FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION TREE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DECISION TREES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLAR; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 52449108899     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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