Development, methodology and potential of the new Universal Visual Scoring System (UniViSS) for caries detection and diagnosis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2500-2509

  Kühnisch, Jan ^a   Goddon, Inka ^b   Berger, Susanne ^b   Senkel, Helga ^b   Bücher, Katharina ^a   Oehme, Thomas ^c   Hickel, Reinhard ^a   Heinrich Weltzien, Roswitha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Health Department of the Ennepe Ruhr District   (Germany)

^c Dental Practice   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caries detection and diagnosis; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Visual examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 70349964381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6092500     Document Type: Article

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