Examiner training and reliability in two randomized clinical trials of adult dental caries

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Banting, David W ^a   Amaechi, Bennett T ^b   Bader, James D ^c   Blanchard, Peter ^d   Gilbert, Gregg H ^e   Gullion, Christina M ^f   Holland, Jan Carlton ^c   Makhija, Sonia K ^e   Papas, Athena ^g   Ritter, André V ^c   Singh, Mabi L ^g   Vollmer, William M ^f  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Dental Services of Massachusetts   (United States)

^e Univ of Alabama School of Dentistry   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Dental caries; Early diagnosis; Examiner standardization; Examiner training; ICDAS II; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TOOTH CROWN;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CROWNS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; DENTIN; DMF INDEX; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROOT CARIES; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 82455212888     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: 17527325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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