Clinical performance of diode laser fluorescence and digital image in the diagnosis of hidden caries in young adults

• Grant number: 11/07828-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2011
• End date: October 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Dental Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Osmir Batista de Oliveira Júnior
• Grantee: Tamara Carolina Trevisan
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FOAr). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Because it is difficult to diagnose, prevalence unknown, and often only be detected when the teeth are already extensively involved, the hidden caries is a challenge to modern dentistry. The "gold standard" for diagnosis is the bitewing radiography. However, this method requires equipment, specialized training and infrastructure, which often difficult heir application in public health and also in private. This observational cross-validation of diagnostic methods aimed at assessing the clinical performance, ie, specificity, sensitivity, accuracy and reproducibility of the Spectra - Air Techniques Inc - Diode LED fluorescence equipment and Einstem - RF System - intraoral camera, as alternative methods for diagnosing hidden decay. Forty teeth clinically and radiographically classified as healthy, with hidden caries severity low, medium and high will be randomly evaluated independently and blindly by three calibrated examiners. These carry the diagnosis of hidden caries with the aid of diode laser fluorescence and digital images magnified. These tests will be performed in two times at an interval of 2 weeks between them, in order to determine the inter and intra reproducibility Also established is the correlation between different diagnostic methods. It is hoped that alternative methods can replace the use of digital radiography as a method of diagnosing for hidden decay. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CRISTINA DUPIM PRESOTO; TAMARA CAROLINA TREVISAN; MARIA COSTA DE ANDRADE; ANDREA ABI-RACHED DANTAS; JULIANA ALVARES DUARTE BONINI CAMPOS; OSMIR BATISTA DE OLIVEIRA-JUNIOR. Efetividade clínica da fluorescência, imagens digitais e ICDAS na detecção de cárie oclusal. Rev. odontol. UNESP, v. 46, n. 2, p. 109-115, 2017-03-16. (11/07828-9, 11/11397-3)