The influence of zero value subtraction on the performance of a new laser fluorescence device for approximal caries detection

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-306

  De Almeida Rodrigues, Jonas ^a   Hug, Isabel ^a   Lussi, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; DIAGNOdent; DIAGNOdent pen; Laser fluorescence; Zero value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349288436     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-008-0549-z     Document Type: Article

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