Radiographic prevalence of approximal enamel lesions and relationship with dentine lesions and restorations in Dutch adolescents

Poorterman, J.H.G.; Aartman, I.H.A.; Kieft, J.A.

doi:10.1111/j.1875-595x.2002.tb00591.x

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“…While the findings of this study support those of other recent studies [Poorterman et al, 2002;Hopcraft and Morgan, 2005;Lillehagen et al, 2007;Chu et al, 2008] in respect of the general underestimation of carious lesions where radiographic diagnosis is not used, they build on those studies in the presentation of more detailed data on its nature and intra-oral distribution (as represented by the information in table 3 ). That the discrepancy was considerably greater for approximal surfaces than for occlusal surfaces both confirms and extends earlier findings and again underlines the need for bitewing radiographs to be a routine part of oral epidemiological surveys (and, of course, the clinical management of patients) wherever logistics and funding permit.…”

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What Difference Does Using Bitewing Radiographs Make to Epidemiological Estimates of Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity in a Young Adolescent Population with High Caries Experience?

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Thomson²,

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Caries Res

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The study aimed to determine the relative contributions of bitewing radiography and clinical examination to caries estimates for a New Zealand child population with high caries experience. An epidemiological survey was conducted of 171 12- and 13-year-old children attending schools in five communities. Examinations were conducted in dental clinics. Bitewing radiographs were taken at the time of the clinical examination. These were developed and read later, and the data from those were used at the analysis stage to adjust the caries diagnosis for the mesial, occlusal and distal surfaces of the posterior teeth. For almost all parameters, the use of radiographs resulted in higher estimates, although at the whole-mouth prevalence level the difference was not great. The percent difference between the estimates ranged from –0.1 to 166.7%. There were moderate differences between the clinical-only and radiographically adjusted whole-mouth estimates for mean DMFT, DT, DMFS and DS, but only a minor difference in caries prevalence. With the mesial and distal surfaces only, the prevalence and severity estimates were significantly greater, with a one-surface difference (on average) in mean DS being the largest difference observed, at 166.7%. The diagnostic discrepancy was much greater for approximal than occlusal surfaces. These findings support but also build upon earlier findings and again underline the need for bitewing radiographs to be a routine part of oral epidemiological surveys wherever logistics and funding permit.

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What Difference Does Using Bitewing Radiographs Make to Epidemiological Estimates of Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity in a Young Adolescent Population with High Caries Experience?

Gowda

Thomson²,

Page³

et al. 2009

Caries Res

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“…Bitewing radiographs are considered useful for the detection of radiographically deep lesions that would remain undetected by clinical methods alone. A study also demonstrated the necessity of bitewing radiograph in caries detection of adolescents 13 .…”

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Caries assessment by clinical examination with or without radiographs of young Chinese adults

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Chung²,

Lo³

2008

International Dental Journal

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“…Visual-tactile and radiographic examination have their limitations and are insufficient for the detection of incipient proximal lesions in many cases. Visual assessment is difficult in the interdental space and the prevalence of proximal lesions are therefore underestimated (Poorterman et al 1999;Poorterman et al 2002). Radiographs often show overlapping effects and artifacts, and their sensitivity for the detection of enamel caries is moderate (Abesi et al 2012).…”

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Transillumination and HDR Imaging for Proximal Caries Detection

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The purpose of this study was to develop an in vitro model for the validation of near-infrared transillumination (NIRT) for proximal caries detection, to enhance NIRT with high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI), and to compare both methods, using micro-computed tomography (µCT) as a reference standard. Both proximal surfaces of 53 healthy or decayed permanent human teeth were examined using the Diagnocam (DC) (KaVo) and NIRT with HDRI (NIRT-HDRI). NIRT was combined with HDRI to improve the diagnostic performance by reducing under- and overexposed image areas. For NIRT-HDRI, an exposure series was captured and merged into a single HDR image. A classification was applied according to lesion depth. All surfaces were assessed twice by 2 trained examiners, and additionally with µCT for validation. The Kappa statistic was used to calculate inter-rater reliability and agreement between DC and NIRT-HDRI. Inter-rater reliability (weighted Kappa, wκ) showed very good agreement for the DC (0.90) and NIRT-HDRI (0.96). The overall agreement (wκ) was almost perfect (0.85). In the individual categories (0 to 4), the agreement (simple Kappa) ranged from almost perfect (category 4) to moderate (1 and 2) to substantial (categories 0 and 3). Sensitivity and specificity of sound surfaces, enamel, and dentin caries ranged from 0.57 to 0.99 and were similar for both methods in the different categories. NIRT-HDRI had a higher sensitivity for sound surfaces and enamel caries, as well as a higher specificity for dentin caries. Regarding the obtained images, HDRI allowed for the detection of caries within a greater range of luminance levels, resulting in a more detailed visualization of structures without under- or overexposure. However, HDRI this did not improve the diagnostics significantly. Distinguishing between a processed demineralized enamel and dentin lesions appears to be a problem specific to NIRT and cannot be balanced using HDRI.

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Radiographic prevalence of approximal enamel lesions and relationship with dentine lesions and restorations in Dutch adolescents

Abstract: The bitewing radiographs showed a considerable number of enamel lesions for these age groups. This seems to justify its use on a routine base as a diagnostic tool at the age of 14-16 years.

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What Difference Does Using Bitewing Radiographs Make to Epidemiological Estimates of Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity in a Young Adolescent Population with High Caries Experience?

What Difference Does Using Bitewing Radiographs Make to Epidemiological Estimates of Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity in a Young Adolescent Population with High Caries Experience?

Caries assessment by clinical examination with or without radiographs of young Chinese adults

Transillumination and HDR Imaging for Proximal Caries Detection

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