Traditional lesion detection aids

Monographs in Oral Science

Volumn 21, Issue , 2009, Pages 42-51

  Neuhaus, K W ^a   Ellwood, R ^b   Lussi, A ^a   Pitts, N B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 67651204926     PISSN: 00770892     EISSN: 16623843     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000224211     Document Type: Article

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