Relative performance of different dental professional groups in screening for occlusal caries

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Brocklehurst, Paul ^a   Ashley, James ^a   Walsh, Tanya ^a   Tickle, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caries; clinical research; coronal; diagnostic research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL STUDENT; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DENTISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, DENTAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860353069     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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