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Radiographic and Laser Fluorescence Methods Have No Benefits for Detecting Caries in Primary Teeth

Abstract

Clinical guidelines advise that dentists take radiographs in children to detect caries lesions missed by visual inspection; however, due to the current low caries prevalence in most countries, we hypothesized that the adjunct methods of caries detection would not significantly improve the detection of primary molar lesions in comparison to visual inspection alone. We evaluated the performance of visual inspection, alone or in combination with …

Authors

Mendes FM; Novaes TF; Matos R; Bittar DG; Piovesan C; Gimenez T; Imparato JCP; Raggio DP; Braga MM

Journal

Caries Research, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 536–543

Publisher

Karger Publishers

Publication Date

2012

DOI

10.1159/000341189

ISSN

0008-6568