The effect of bitewing radiography on estimates of dental caries experience among children differs according to their disease experience

Table 3 Number of lesions detected with clinical examinations only (a) and clinical and radiographic examination (b), by tooth and surface¹ in all children

D Distal, O Occlusal, M Mesial
¹Total number detected with radiography alone = 551; total number of lesions detected with clinical examination alone = 694 (55.7% of those detected with both methods)

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