INTRODUCTION The pattern of development of carious lesions has changed. The carious lesion has been progressive and reaches the dentin without showing alterations in the clinical aspects. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of caries in 12-year-old students in the city of Franca - São Paulo, Brazil, during the year of 2003, and to evaluate the additional value of bitewing radiograph to det...

Introduction: Hidden caries is a term used to describe occlusal dentine caries that is missed on a visual examination, but is large and demineralised enough to be detected by another exam for example, radiographs. Case report: This article reports a case of large dentine caries, which presented as to be a small pit-and-fissure carious lesion on the occlusal surface of the right mandibular perma...

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between loss of radiographic crestal bone height in panoramic, bitewing and periapical radiography and to probe the attachment loss after periodontal treatment. Radiographic and probing measurements were made at baseline and after one year The population in the study consisted of 21 individuals, 13 females and 8 males, ages 18-59 [mean 35....

Hidden caries is a type of lesion visualized in dentin, mainly by means of bitewing radiographs, in which, clinically, the occlusal enamel appears healthy or minimally demineralized and radiographically presents progressive demineralization in dentin, which may progress and compromise the pulp-dentin complex. Although the etiology of hidden caries is unknown, many theories have been studied, in...

Abstract Dental radiography is an important diagnostic tool for the detection and assessment of extent dental caries accurate treatment planning. There no safe limit X-ray exposure. The associated risks exposure are higher in children due to a rate cell proliferation them, compared with adults. This study aimed assess genotoxic cytotoxic effects radiographic modalities on buccal mucosal cells c...

The aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of the diagnosis with a clinical examination, digital imaging fiber-optic transilumination (DIFOTI) technology (DIAGNOcam) and X-ray examination in proximal caries diagnosis of permanent dentition. Fifteen adult patients were examined. They were first visual examined under magnification. After that, a diagnosis with DIAGNOcam was perf...

objectives: in restorative dentistry, it is essential to estimate the amount of remnant tooth structure after caries removal to make the best treatment plan. the present study was aimed to determine whether there is a correlation between the real thickness of remnant dentin under carious lesion and the radiographical measurement from photostimulable phosphor plates (psps). methods: a whole numb...

introduction: knowledge of the anatomic location and dimension of the molar pulp chamber may preserve healthy pulp during operative procedure and reduce risk of perforation of chamber during access preparation. a review of literatures regarding the morphology of pulp chamber however revealed very little information; so the aim of this in vivo study was to measure the dimensions of first molar p...