Comparison between a radiological method (bitewing radiographs) and a method based on digital imaging fiber-optic transillumination (DIFOTI) for caries detectio

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Completed

• Conditions: Oral Health; Dental caries

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12315324
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bologna

Brief Summary

2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34682903/ (added 06/01/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-11-11
• Study Completion: 2021-01-15
• Last Update Posted: 17 January 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 12-35
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification (ASA I - normal healthy) patients

Exclusion Criteria

1. Presence of total dentures
2. Presence of fixed orthodontic appliances

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Radiographs (CS 7600 scanner, Carestream Dental, LLC, Atlanta, GA, USA) examined according to the O’Mullane criteria and the presence or absence of carious lesions recorded by the O’Mullane criteria fitted into the ICDAS classification at a single timepoint<br> 2. Approximal carious lesions detected by a transillumination device (DIAGNOcamTM, KaVo Dental, Genova, GE, Italy) according to criteria adapted from Lara-Capi et al. (2017), translated into the ICDAS score, at a single timepoint<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The time required for taking bitewing radiographs and acquiring DIFOTI images, recorded by a digital chronometer at a single timepoint