Dental hygiene faculty calibration in the evaluation of calculus detection

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-389

  Garland, Kandis V ^a,b,c   Newell, Kathleen J ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dental calculus; Dental education; Dental hygiene faculty; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEACHING; TOOTH CALCULUS; UNIVERSITY;

CALIBRATION; DENTAL CALCULUS; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; FACULTY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING;

EID: 62549159504     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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