Diagnosing dental caries in populations with different levels of dental fluorosis

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Nyvad, Bente ^a   MacHiulskiene, Vita ^b   Fejerskov, Ole ^a   Baelum, Vibeke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dental fluorosis; Diagnosis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62549159061     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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