Methods dentists use to diagnose primary caries lesions prior to restorative treatment: Findings from the Dental PBRN

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Rindal, D Brad ^e,f   Gordan, Valeria V ^d   Litaker, Mark S ^b   Bader, James D ^c   Fellows, Jeffrey L ^g   Qvist, Vibeke ^a   Wallace Dawson, Martha C ^h   Anderson, Mary L ^e   Gilbert, Gregg H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Private Practitioner   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Dentist's practice patterns; Diagnostic techniques and procedures

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DENTIST'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE, DENTAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DENTAL; LIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TRANSILLUMINATION; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78049256322     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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