A systematic review of the performance of a laser fluorescence device for detecting caries

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1413-1426

  Bader, James D ^a   Shugars, Dan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 7044231103     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2004.0051     Document Type: Article

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