Reliability and discriminatory power of methods for dental plaque quantification

Reliability and discriminatory power of methods for dental plaque quantification

OBJECTIVE: This in situ study evaluated the discriminatory power and reliability of methods of dental plaque quantification and the relationship between visual indices (VI) and fluorescence camera (FC) to detect plaque. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Six volunteers used palatal appliances with six bovine ena...

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Main Authors: Daniela Prócida Raggio, Mariana Minatel Braga, Jonas Almeida Rodrigues, Patrícia Moreira Freitas, José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato, Fausto Medeiros Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2010-04-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
Subjects:
Dental plaque
Biofilms
Fluorescence
Visual indices
Camera
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