Clinical relevance of studies on the accuracy of visual inspection for detecting caries lesions: A systematic review

Caries Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 91-98

  Gimenez, Thais ^a   Piovesan, Chaiana ^a,b   Braga, Mariana M ^a   Raggio, Daniela P ^a   Deery, Chris ^c   Ricketts, David N ^d   Ekstrand, Kim R ^e   Mendes, Fausto Medeiros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO FRANCISCANO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Clinical relevance; Dental caries; Performance; Systematic review; Visual inspection

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOOTH CROWN;

DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84920815437     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: 1421976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365948     Document Type: Article

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