Reliability and discriminatory power of methods for dental plaque quantification

Journal of Applied Oral Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-193

  Raggio, Daniela Prócida ^a   Braga, Mariana Minatel ^a   Rodrigues, Jonas Almeida ^b   Freitas, Patrícia Moreira ^a   Imparato, José Carlos Pettorossi ^a   Mendes, Fausto Medeiros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Camera; Dental plaque; Fluorescence; Visual indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953657138     PISSN: 16787757     EISSN: 16787765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-77572010000200014     Document Type: Article

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