Treating white spots: new caries infiltration technique.

Infiltration, a new therapy for masking enamel white spots: a 19-month follow-up case series.

Enamel white spot lesions are frequent and can impact patients' quality of life. The most conservative treatment in such cases is microabrasion, a technique that presents some drawbacks. The proposed strategy is not based on the elimination of dysplastic enamel, but on masking the lesion by infiltrating the porous subsurface enamel with a hydrophobic resin that has a refraction index closer to ...

Masking white spots of enamel in caries lesions with a non-invasive infiltration technique in vitro.

We investigated the treatment effect of non-invasive infiltration on early caries caused by different degrees of enamel demineralization. Forty specimens of early enamel caries were prepared and divided into low and high demineralization groups. After treatment with non-invasive infiltration, the specimens were placed under cariogenic conditions. Color measurements were determined using a spect...

Infiltration, a new therapy for masking white spots on enamel: a case series with 19-month follow-up

Evaluation of Diagnodent Accuracy in Detecting Approximal Caries in Primary Molars

Introduction: Detection of caries lesions on approximal surfaces of posterior teeth is difficult, since wide contact points hamper direct visual inspection. Due to the importance of the early detection of dental caries, the aim of this study is to compare the performance of different methods (visual, bitewing radiography and DIAGNOdent) in detecting approximal caries in primary molars. Methods:...

Masking of labial enamel white spot lesions by resin infiltration--a clinical report.

This article describes a novel approach to treat smooth-surface white spot lesions micro-invasively. The technique is based on the infiltration of enamel caries lesions with low-viscosity light-curing resins called infiltrants. After the surface layer is eroded, the lesions are desiccated and a resin infiltrant is applied. The resin penetrates into the lesion micro-porosities driven by capillar...