Feasibility of the international caries detection and assessment system (icdas-ii) in epidemiological surveys and comparability with standard world health organization criteria

Caries Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-249

  Braga, M M ^a   Oliveira, L B ^a   Bonini, G A V C ^a   Bonecker M ^a   Mendes, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Preschool children; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 65549111363     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000217855     Document Type: Article

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