Visual inspection for caries detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 895-904

  Gimenez, T ^a   Piovesan, C ^a,b   Braga, M M ^a   Raggio, D P ^a   Deery, C ^c   Ricketts, D N ^d   Ekstrand, K R ^e   Mendes, F M ^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

dental caries; evidence based dentistry; oral diagnosis; performance; ROC curve; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLISHING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLICATION BIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84935090948     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034515586763     Document Type: Article

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