The Correlation of DIFOTI to Clinical and Radiographic Images in Class II Carious Lesions

Bin-Shuwaish, Mohammed S.; Yaman, Peter; Dennison, Joseph B.; Neiva, Gisele F.

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0049

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“…[21][22][23] Conversely, the use of digital transillumination might lead to overdetection, as the device has a lower specificity compared with radiographs; besides, this method has been shown to be more sensitive than radiographs in detecting early changes in the enamel. 12,13,20,24 These findings were confirmed in the present study; more approximal lesions in the enamel were detected using the birpublications.org/dmfrtransillumination device compared with those identified by the radiographic evaluation. The combination of these two methods might result in an improvement of the diagnostic accuracy.…”

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“…Clinical studies comparing the in situ extent of caries lesions and correlating the findings with those obtained by digital radiographs are fairly limited. 13 A high concordance between transillumination and radiographic methods in enamel caries detection was described. 12 Considering these precepts, the null hypothesis of this study was that the reliability of transillumination method in the detection of caries lesions corresponds to that obtained from clinical and radiographic examinations.…”

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Digital transillumination in caries detection versus radiographic and clinical methods: an in-vivo study

Lara-Capi

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Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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Objectives: This article aimed to evaluate: (a) the agreement between a near-infrared light transillumination device and clinical and radiographic examinations in caries lesion detection and (b) the reliability of images captured by the transillumination device. Methods: Two calibrated examiners evaluated the caries status in premolars and molars on 52 randomly selected subjects by comparing the transillumination device with a clinical examination for the occlusal surfaces and by comparing the transillumination device with a radiographic examination (bitewing radiographs) for the approximal surfaces. Forty-eight trained dental hygienists evaluated and reevaluated 30 randomly selected images 1-month later. Results: A high concordance between transillumination method and clinical examination (kappa 5 0.99) was detected for occlusal caries lesions, while for approximal surfaces, the transillumination device identified a higher number of lesions with respect to bitewing (kappa 5 0.91). At the dentinal level, the two methods identified the same number of caries lesions (kappa 5 1), whereas more approximal lesions were recorded using the transillumination device in the enamel (kappa 5 0.24). The intraexaminer reliability was substantial/almost perfect in 59.4% of the participants. Conclusions: The transillumination method showed a high concordance compared with traditional methods (clinical examination and bitewing radiographs). Caries detection reliability using the transillumination device images showed a high intraexaminer agreement. Transillumination showed to be a reliable method and as effective as traditional methods in caries detection.

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confidence: 91%

Digital transillumination in caries detection versus radiographic and clinical methods: an in-vivo study

Lara-Capi

Cagetti

Lingström

et al. 2017

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

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“…DIFOTI showed a higher Sn (0.56) and lower Sp (0.76) than radiography, which showed Sn and Sp values of 0.21 and 0.91, respectively. Moreover, another in vivo study showed that DIFOTI exhibited higher Sn than visual examination after cavity preparation (used as a reference standard) for detection of cavitated approximal lesions (46). DIFOTI also exhibited a correlation between the degree of darkened shadow and the lesion depth in occlusal and smooth surface lesions in vivo (Ando M. Performance of digital imaging fiber-optic transillumination (DIFOTI) for detection of non-cavitated primary caries.…”

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Alternative methods to visual and radiographic examinations for approximal caries detection

Abogazalah

Ando

2017

Journal of Oral Science

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A shift in caries prevalence from occlusal surfaces to approximal surfaces has been demonstrated by epidemiological studies. Two recent meta-analyses evaluated the performance of visual examination and radiography for carious lesion detection, and reported low sensitivity but high specificity for early approximal caries detection. This suggests that the conventional methods have a higher risk of failing to detect approximal lesions. Consequently, in caries susceptible populations, there is a risk of progression of non-cavitated lesions to irreversible tooth destruction before the lesions are detected. This paper aims to review the performance of unconventional and novel methods for approximal caries detection. In vitro and in vivo studies identified through a MEDLINE search using keywords such as caries detection, approximal caries detection, light fluorescence and dental caries, and transillumination and dental caries were reviewed. The unconventional methods known to be used for approximal caries detection and included in this review are: cone beam computed tomography, fiber-optic trans-illumination, digital imaging fiber optic trans-illumination, nearinfrared digital imaging transillumination, optical coherence tomography, laser fluorescence, ultrasound, and LED reflection and refraction.

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“…Fibre Optic Transillumination (FOTI)(figure 7) preceded the Digital Fibre Optic Transillumination (DiFOTI) which captures the transmitted photons from the light-source with a Charge Couple Device (CCD), enabling the digital image to be displayed 37 .…”

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The Correlation of DIFOTI to Clinical and Radiographic Images in Class II Carious Lesions

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Digital transillumination in caries detection versus radiographic and clinical methods: an in-vivo study

Digital transillumination in caries detection versus radiographic and clinical methods: an in-vivo study

Alternative methods to visual and radiographic examinations for approximal caries detection

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