Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of operating microscope compared with unaided visual examination, conventional and digital intraoral radiography for proximal caries detection. Materialsand Methods. The study was based on 48 extracted human posterior permanent teeth. The teeth were examined with unaided visual examination, operating microscope, conventional bi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper was to present the function and potential of diagnosing caries lesions using a recently introduced near-infrared (NIR) transillumination technique (DIAGNOcam, KaVo). METHOD AND MATERIALS The study included 130 adolescents and adults with complete permanent dentition (age > 12). All patients underwent visual examination and, if necessary, bitewing radiographs. P...

The concept of minimally invasive dentistry certainly promoted significant changes towards more conservative dental caries management, which allows for quality information regarding the diagnosis, prognosis, and clinical management even maintenance restorative procedures. This case report aimed to highlight relevance feasibility a streamlined disease based on caries-risk determination minimal c...

AIM To compare in vivo, clinical examination (CE) and bitewing radiographs (BW) for the detection of cavitations and initial approximal lesions in deciduous molars with validation after temporary separation (TS) and direct visual examination (DE) of the approximal surfaces. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty children aged 4 to 8 years without visual cavitations or restorations and with at least one...

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the accuracy of the Canary System (CS) to detect proximal caries lesions in vitro, and compared it with conventional methods: International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) II and bitewing radiography (BW). METHODS Visible proximal surfaces of extracted human teeth were assessed by ICDAS-II before setting them in five manikin mouth models. Then ...

Background and Aim: Considering the significance of the detection of proximal caries and the limited information available on the diagnostic value of digital radiography after the use of enhancement filters, this in-vitro study sought to compare the diagnostic value of digital radiography with and without the use of the edge enhancement (EE) filter in the detection of proximal enamel caries in ...

Purpose. The aim of this study was to verify the prevalence of alveolar bone loss in Brazilian adolescents through the interproximal X-rays analysis. Methods. Bilateral and standardized interproximal (bitewing) X-rays were performed in 15-year-old adolescents (n = 326), and the processing of films and measurements of alveolar bone levels were accomplished by a single examiner. A distance betwee...

Proximal dental caries remains a prevalent disease with only modest detection rates by current diagnostic systems. X-ray radiography represents the most common and successful means of diagnosing early dental caries lesions, however; many new systems are available without controlled validation of diagnostic efficacy. This study evaluated the caries detection of three new dental radiographic imag...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of approximal caries diagnosis from digitized radiographs and digitally modified radiographic images, compared with conventional radiography. Twenty bitewing radiographs were digitized and from the digitized radiographs mirror-images were produced, resulting in 40 digital images. The caries progress at three approximal surfaces was graded by 12...

BACKGROUND Dentists generally use a viewbox as the primary source of illumination when examining radiographs. Secondary sources of illumination (i.e., light other than that originating from the viewbox) can reduce radiographic contrast and may therefore affect diagnostic accuracy. OBJECTIVE To determine if the accuracy of identifying interproximal carious lesions on bitewing radiographs depen...