Detection of occlusal carious lesions: An in vitro comparison of clinicians' diagnostic abilities at varying levels of experience

General Dentistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-66

  Swenson, Eric ^a   Hennessy, Bernard ^a  

^a AEGD 2 Residency Program ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOY; FISSURE SEALANT; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOUCH; VISION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPOSITE RESINS; CROWNS; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LENSES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149345954     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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