The problem with an epidemiological index for dental erosion

British Dental Journal

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 201-203

  Milosevic, A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANINE TOOTH; CLASSIFICATION; DENTIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENAMEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MASS SCREENING; MOLAR TOOTH; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH DISEASE;

CUSPID; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC MEASUREMENTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCISOR; MASS SCREENING; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOOTH ABRASION; TOOTH ATTRITION; TOOTH EROSION; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 80052762546     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.722     Document Type: Review

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