Caries Management Aided by Fluorescence-Based Devices

Fluorescence-based intraoral cameras are increasingly gaining more interest in the modern dental practice, as an aid for early detection of carious lesions. Such devices can have different operating systems, such infrared lasers, quantitative light fluorescence (QLF), or LED lights, but they all rely on fluorescent properties tooth structures. Healthy enamel and affected by demineralization light-scattering properties, a fact that allows distinction under excitation with known wavelength. The central problem treatment decay is operational care still considered predominant management plan caries control general practice. Devices use potential to improve lesions significantly. Currently, there several employ market, validation studies would be required uphold newly developed justify their reliability clinical Dental professionals cannot yet solely one single-fluorescence device incipient diagnosis, already present themselves useful adjunctive tools traditional examination methods.