Assessing caries removal by undergraduate dental students using quantitative light-induced fluorescence

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1318-1323

  Adeyemi, Adejumoke A ^a   Jarad, Fadi D ^a   Komarov, Gleb N ^a   Pender, Neil ^a   Higham, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries removal; Fluorescence; QLF

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; EDUCATION; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TEACHING; VISION;

BICUSPID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MOLAR; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149192664     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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