Do technology-based devices improve carious lesion detection?

Authors

  • Luciana Lourenço Ribeiro Vitor School of Dentistry of Bauru http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-0851
  • Tatiana Yuriko Kobayashi University of São Paulo – Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies –Bauru – SP – Brazil.
  • Cleide Felicio Carvalho Carrara University of São Paulo – Pediatric Dentist of Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies –Bauru – SP – Brazil.
  • Daniela Rios University of São Paulo – Bauru School of Dentistry –Bauru – SP – Brazil.
  • Thiago Cruvinel Silva University of São Paulo – Bauru School of Dentistry –Bauru – SP – Brazil.
  • Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira Machado University of São Paulo – Bauru School of Dentistry –Bauru – SP – Brazil.
  • Thais Marchini Oliveira University of São Paulo – Bauru School of Dentistry –Bauru – SP – Brazil. University of São Paulo – Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies –Bauru – SP – Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14295/bds.2016.v19i4.1289

Abstract

Objective:  To compare the visual-tactile examination with the technology-based caries detection examinations in children. Methods: We assessed the teeth next to the cleft area of 95 children aged 6 to 12 years with oral clefts but without the presence of any associated syndrome or craniofacial anomaly, according to the following detection methods: visual-tactile examination (Method 1), visual-tactile examination through operating microscope (Method 2), visual examination through LED-based fluorescence device (Method 3), using ICDAS-II scores. The caries detection methods were compared by Friedman test (P<0.05). Results: The efficacy of carious lesion detection methods were statistically similar (P=0.786). Conclusions: Technology-based devices did not improve caries diagnosis in children because their results were similar to those of visual-tactile clinical examination. From a clinical point of view, we recommended the dentists to be cautious in using these additional diagnostic measures to avoid false positive errors mainly in tooth surfaces difficult to be examined.

Keywords: Dental Caries. Lenses. Fluorescence. Cleft lip. Cleft palate.

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Published

2016-11-29

How to Cite

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Vitor LLR, Kobayashi TY, Carrara CFC, Rios D, Silva TC, Machado MAAM, et al. Do technology-based devices improve carious lesion detection?. BDS [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 29 [cited 2025 Aug. 21];19(4):24-31. Available from: https://ojs.ict.unesp.br/index.php/cob/article/view/1289

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2016): Oct. - Dec. / 2016 - Published November 2016

Section

Clinical or Laboratorial Research

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