Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 509-512 , June 2007

The intra/inter-examiner reproducibility of the new DIAGNOdent Pen on occlusal sites

  • Jan Kühnisch

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltung und Parodontologie, Goethestraße 70, 80336 München, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 51609343; fax: +49 89 51609302.
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  • Katharina Bücher
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  • Reinhard Hickel

Received 28 September 2006 ,Revised 30 January 2007 ,Accepted 4 February 2007.

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PII: S0300-5712(07)00031-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2007.02.001

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 509-512 , June 2007

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