Comparison of caries detection methods using varying numbers of intra-oral digital photographs with visual examination for epidemiology in children

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boye, Uriana ^a   Pretty, Ian A ^b   Tickle, Martin ^a   Walsh, Tanya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caries; Dental epidemiology; Intra oral photographs; Visual examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DMF INDEX; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872168105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-6     Document Type: Article

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