Comparing the reliability of a new fluorescence camera with conventional laser fluorescence devices in detecting caries lesions in occlusal and smooth surfaces of primary teeth

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-162

  De Benedetto, Monique Saveriano ^a,b   Morais, Caroline Carvalho ^a   Novaes, Tatiane Fernandes ^a   De Almeida Rodrigues, Jonas ^c   Braga, Mariana Minatel ^a   Mendes, Fausto Medeiros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Fluorescence; Occlusal surface; Primary teeth; Smooth surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE CAMERA; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASERS; MOLAR; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 79954416303     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0757-1     Document Type: Article

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