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Laser fluorescence on dental caries detection under epidemiological setting
da Silva, Renato Pereira; Assaf, Andréa Vieira; Romeiro, Marina Vannucci Mena; Bennazzi, Aline Sampieri Tonello; Brandão, Gustavo Antônio Martins & Carlos Pereira, Antonio
Abstract
Aim: To evaluate reproducibility of visual exam under artificial lighting (VI) and DIAGNOdent™
(DD) exams, their validity and their association (VI+DD) in examining occlusal dental surfaces
under epidemiological setting. Methods: One hundred and sixty five 12-year-old schoolchildren
from public schools from Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, were examined under epidemiological setting
using different diagnostic criteria (D1, D1+D3 and D3). Kappa statistics was adopted for
reproducibility study, while sensibility, specificity and accuracy were adopted for validity study.
Results: The intra/interexaminer Kappa for VI and DD exams at D1, D3 and D1+D3 criteria
were 0.88/0.82 and 0.04/0.18, 0.91/0.85 and 0.36/0.35, 0.88/0.83 and 0.30/0.32, respectively.
The VI was the most accurate exam at D1 (A=87.38%) and D1+D3 (A=82.45%) criteria, while
VI+DD was the most accurate exam at D3 criterion (A=75.29%). Conclusions: Initial caries
lesions can be satisfactorily detected by VI exam, while DD exam improved the VI exam sensitivity
at D1 and D3 diagnostic criteria under epidemiological setting.
Keywords
dental caries, epidemiology, dental health surveys, diagnosis, lasers
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