OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the dental health of Navajo preschool children, a population about whom little dental information is published. METHODS Caries data were collected and analyzed for 2,003 Navajo children aged 3-5 years in the Head Start program, and for a convenience sample of 115 children younger than three years old from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC)...

NIR imaging methods do not require ionizing radiation and have great potential for detecting caries lesions (tooth decay) on high-risk proximal and occlusal tooth surfaces and at the earliest stages of development. Previous in vitro and in vivo studies at 1300-nm demonstrated that high contrast reflectance and transillumination images could be acquired of caries lesions on tooth proximal and oc...

Introduction: Various intraoral digital radiographic systems are available as an alternative to film-based radiography. Recent rapid progress in the field of digital radiography offers the possibility of image processing and manipulation. Pseudocolor filter is one of the tools of digital systems. The aim of this study was to compare diagnostic accuracy of proximal caries in black and white a...

the article entitled “accuracy of digital subtraction radiography in combination with a contrast media in assessment of proximal caries depth” which appeared in j dent res dent clin dent prospect 2008; 2(3):77-81 incorrectly listed the second author’s affiliation as department of oral and maxillofacial radiology, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences. the correct affiliation of sara eh...

Objective: When none of digital systems and scanners is accessible and it is essential to have digitized images of conventional radiographs, digital cameras can be used. The Aim of this study was to investigate whether digital images obtained by different resolutions of a digital camera are matched to the original radiographs in evaluation of caries. Methods: In this diagnostic accuracy in v...

objective: when none of digital systems and scanners is accessible and it is essential to have digitized images of conventional radiographs, digital cameras can be used. the aim of this study was to investigate whether digital images obtained by different resolutions of a digital camera are matched to the original radiographs in evaluation of caries. methods: in this diagnostic accuracy in vitr...

To treat smooth surface and proximal non-cavitated caries lesions, a modified commercially developed German technique called "resin infiltration" has been used to infiltrate the porosities of enamel lesions with low-viscosity resin, establishing diffusion barrier within lesion without selecting any material on surface. Thus, resin infiltration can delay time for restoration placement....

BACKGROUND Managing dental caries in young children is demanding due to the elusions present on the right diagnostic criteria for treatment. The present study evaluated the histological status of pulp tissues extracted from primary second molar with caries involvement. Histological findings are correlated with clinical and radiographic assessment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Simple experimental stu...

OBJECTIVE To compare proximal caries detection using intraoral bitewing, extraoral bitewing and panoramic radiography. METHODS 80 extracted human premolar and molar teeth with and without proximal caries were used. Intraoral radiographs were taken with Kodak Insight film (Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY) using the bitewing technique. Extraoral bitewing and panoramic images were obtained usin...