Comparison among gold standard techniques used for the validation of methods for occlusal caries detection

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Rodrigues, Jonas A ^a,b   Neuhaus, Klaus W ^b   Diniz, Michele B ^c   Hug, Isabel ^b   Stich, Herman ^b   Karlsson, Lena ^d   Lussi, Adrian ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries detection; Gold standard; Occlusal caries; Validation

Indexed keywords

CARIES DETECTION; FRIEDMAN TEST; GOLD STANDARDS; IN-VITRO; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; OCCLUSAL CARIES; RHODAMINE-B; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VALIDATION; VITRO STUDIES;

EID: 84859827784     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.21097     Document Type: Article

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