Periodontal probing calibration in an academic setting

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1466-1473

  Drucker, Scott D ^a   Prieto, Lorenzo E ^a   Kao, Daniel W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Clinical evaluation; Dental education; Dental students; Periodontal probing; Periodontics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 84870489527     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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