Economic aspects of the detection of occlusal dentine caries

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-43

  Norlund, Anders ^a,b   Axelsson, Susanna ^a   Dahlén, Gunnar ^c   Espelid, Ivar ^d   Mejàre, Ingegerd ^e   Tranæus, Sofia ^a   Twetman, Svante ^f  

^a Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Health economy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLAR TOOTH; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; ECONOMICS, DENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING;

EID: 58149102676     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350802549106     Document Type: Article

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