Dental examiners consistency in applying the ICDAS criteria for a caries prevention community trial

Community Dental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-242

  Nelson, S ^a   Eggertsson, H ^b   Powell, B ^a   Mandelaris, J ^a   Ntragatakis, M ^a   Richardson, T ^a   Ferretti, G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline training; Caries severity; Community based study; Dental caries; Dental examiners; ICDAS

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052658969     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_2612Nelson05     Document Type: Article

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