Open AccessAnin-vitrocomparison of visual inspection, bite-wing radiography, and laser fluorescence methods for the diagnosis of occlusal caries
Author(s) -
S J Pourhashemi,
Ahmad Jafari,
Pouria Motahhari,
Mehrdad Panjnoosh,
Mohammad Javad Kharrazi Fard,
I Sanati,
M Sahadfar,
M Pariab
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.55333
Subject(s) - reproducibility , radiography , medicine , dentistry , nuclear medicine , orthodontics , kappa , diagnostic accuracy , radiology , mathematics , statistics , geometry
The purpose of this study was to compare accuracy and reproducibility of visual inspection (VI), bitewing (BW) radiography, and laser fluorescence (LF, DIANOdent) methods in the diagnosis of occlusal caries.