The Journal of Korea Assosiation for Disability and Oral Health (대한장애인치과학회지)
- Volume 3 Issue 2
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- Pages.87-90
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- 2007
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- 1738-8813(pISSN)
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- 2287-7142(eISSN)
EARLY CARIES DETECTION WITH DIGITAL IMAGING FIBER-OPTIC TRANS-ILLUMINATION
Digital Imaging Fiber-Optic Trans-Illumination을 이용한 초기우식의 탐지
- Lee, Jun-Seok (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Dankook University) ;
- Kim, Jong-Soo (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Dankook University) ;
- Yoo, Seung-Hoon (Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Dankook University)
- Published : 2007.12.31
Abstract
It's important that detect early caries of deciduous and permanent teeth to prevent dental caries and prevserve teeth, especially on proximal surface of deciduous teeth. The reason is that their prominent pulp horn lead to pulp treatment easily due to rapid caries progression. There are conventional exploring, visual inspection and radiographic exam for early caries detection. But, the standard method for diagnosing dental caries is subject and cavitation may be accelerated during exploring procedure. Caries can be diagnosed up to 40% mineral loss with radiograph.