Implications of caries diagnostic strategies for clinical management decisions

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-266

  Baelum, Vibeke ^a,c   Hintze, Hanne ^a   Wenzel, Ann ^a   Danielsen, Bo ^b   Nyvad, Bente ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dental caries; diagnostic errors; oral diagnosis; radiography; routine diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860369800     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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