Emerging technologies for diagnosis of dental caries: The road so far

摘要: It is now universally recognized that the development of new technologies for early detection and quantitative monitoring dental decay at an stage formation could provide health economic benefits ranging from timely preventive interventions to reduction in time required clinical trials anticaries agents. The use as adjunct visual examination caries diagnosis will facilitate care dentistry lower treatment cost well reduce testing potential This article describes various available aid practitioners detecting earliest its formation, assessing activities detected carious lesion, quantitatively or qualitatively lesion over time. need importance these were also discussed. data discussed are primarily based on published scientific studies reviews case reports, trials, vitro vivo studies. References have been traced manually by MEDLINE® through manufacturer’s websites. While some devices fully developed commercially available, others still under development. vary their modes action capability diagnostic aids. clear differences presentations behavior different anatomical sites make it unlikely any one modality adequate sensitivity specificity lesions all sites; a combination tools help us diagnose earlier detect failing restorations sooner, avoid more costly, destructive procedures truly take into rather than reactive mode.