Depth of occlusal caries assessed clinically by fluorescence laser, conventional and digital radiographic methods

• Main Authors: Luciane Zanin (Author), Marcelo de Castro Meneghim (Author), Andréa Videira Assaf (Author), Vanessa Pardi (Author), Antonio Carlos Pereira (Author), Fabio Luis Mialhe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of conventional radiographic, direct digital radiographic and the fluorescent laser in determining the extent of caries. The results suggested that the accuracy of the radiographic method was low for detecting enamel lesions and high for dent...