Visual and radiographic caries detection: a tailored meta-analysis for two different settings, Egypt and Germany

• Main Authors: Falk Schwendicke (Author), Karim Elhennawy (Author), Osama El Shahawy (Author), Reham Maher (Author), Thais Gimenez (Author), Fausto M. Mendes (Author), Brian H. Willis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diagnostic meta-analyses on caries detection methods should assist practitioners in their daily practice. However, conventional meta-analysis estimates may be inapplicable due to differences in test conduct, applied thresholds and assessed population between settings. Our aim was...