Brand new China: advertising, media and commercial culture

Book Review: Brand New China: Advertising, Media and Commercial Culture by Jing Wang. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008postprin

Eighteen-month evaluation of ART fillings placed in Chinese preschool children

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Provision of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) in Chinese preschool children - one year results

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Caries in primary teeth and defects in their permanent successors

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Factors affecting survival of ART restorations in Chinese pre-school children

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Oral health of a group of type 2 diabetic patients in Hong Kong

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Patients' satisfaction with dental services provided by an university in Hong Kong

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Water fluoride concentration and fluorosis in Hong Kong in 1960-2001

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Effect of fee-paying systems on consumption of dental services

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Clinical diagnosis of fissure caries with conventional and laser-induced fluorescence techniques

We studied the in vivo validity of dentinal fissure caries diagnosis by visual examination, bitewing radiography, and use of a laser-induced fluorescence device (DIAGNOdent). A total of 144 and second molars with macroscopically intact occlusal surfaces in 41 Chinese young adults were examined visually, by bitewing radiography, and by DIAGNOdent. Visual examination after pit and fissure opening was used as the reference standard. The sensitivity and specificity of detecting caries that had extended into the dentin were, respectively, 0.89 and 0.44 by visual detection of opacity or discoloration after air drying, 0.13 and 1.00 by bitewing radiography to detect radiolucency extending into the dentin, and 0.70 and 0.84 by DIAGNOdent testing with a cut-off score of 40. Caries detection by a combination of visual examination and DIAGNOdent had a sensitivity of 0.67 and specificity of 0.94. Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that this combined approach was superior to the other methods. © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009.published_or_final_versionSpringer Open Choice, 01 Dec 201