Relationships between a clinical-visual scoring system and two histological techniques: A laboratory study on occlusal and approximal carious lesions

Caries Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Kidd, Edwina A M ^a   Banerjee, A ^a   Ferrier, S ^b   Longbottom, C ^b   Nugent, Z ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUNDEE DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Caries detection; Histological validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTAL CARIES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MOUTH CAVITY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0038305525     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069018     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Axelsson P: Development of carious lesions; in Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Dental Caries. London, Quintessence Publishing Inc., 2000, vol 2, chap 5, pp 200-204.
2. Banerjee A, Sherriff M, Kidd EAM, Watson TF. A confocal microscopic study relating the auto-fluorescence of carious dentine to its micro-hardness. Br Dent J 1999;187:206-210.
3. Banerjee A, Kidd EAM, Watson TF: In vitro evaluation of five alternative methods of carious dentine excavation. Caries Res 2000;34:144-150.
4. Brännström M, Gola G, Nordenvall KJ, Tarstenson B: Invasion of microorganisms and some structural changes in incipient enamel caries. A scanning electron microscope investigation. Caries Res 1980;14:276-284.
5. Carvalho JC, Thylstrup A, Ekstrand KR: Results after 3 years of non-operative occlusal caries treatment of erupting permanent first molars. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1992;20: 187-192.
6. Downer MC: Concurrent validity of an epidemiological diagnostic system for caries with the histological appearance of extracted teeth as the validating criterion. Caries Res 1975;9:231-246.
7. Ekstrand KR, Ricketts DNJ, Kidd EAM: Reproducibility and accuracy of three methods for assessment of demineralization depth of the occlusal surface: an in vitro examination. Caries Res 1997;31:224-231.
8. McIntyre J: The nature and progression of dental caries; in Mount GJ, Hume WR (eds): Prevention and Restoration of Tooth Structure. London, Mosby International Ltd, 1998, p 15.
9. Mejàre I, Källestål C, Sherlund H, Johannsson H: Caries development 11 to 22 years of age: a prospective radiographic study. Caries Res 1998;32:10-16.
10. Mertz-Fairhurst E, Curtis JW, Ergle JW, Rueggeberg FA: Ultraconservative and cariostatic sealed restorations: results at year 10. J Am Dent Assoc 1998;29:55-66.
11. Pine CM, Pitts NB, Nugent ZJ: British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD): guidance on the statistical aspects of training and calibration of examiners for surveys of child dental health. A BASCD coordinated dental epidemiology programme quality standard. Community Dental Health 1997; 14(suppl 1):18-29.
12. Pitts NB, Longbottom C: Temporary tooth separation with special reference to the diagnosis and preventive management of equivocal approximal carious lesions. Quint Int 1987;18:563-573.
13. Ratledge DK, Kidd EAM, Beighton D: A clinical and microbiological study of approximal carious lesions. Part 2: Efficacy of caries removal following tunnel and Class II cavity preparations. Caries Res 2001;35:8-11.
14. Sackett DL, Haynes RB, Guyatt GH, Tugwell P: Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine, ed 2. London, Little, Brown, 1991, pp 55-56.