Clinical performance of fluorescence-based methods for detection of occlusal caries lesions in primary teeth

Abstract We aimed to investigate the performance of fluorescence-based methods (FBMs), compared to visual inspection after histological validation, in detecting and assessing the activity status of occlusal carious lesions in primary teeth. One examiner evaluated 50 primary molars close to exfoliati...

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Main Authors: Laura Regina Antunes PONTES, Tatiane Fernandes NOVAES, Bruna Lorena Pereira MORO, Mariana Minatel BRAGA, Fausto Medeiros MENDES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2017-11-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242017000100274&lng=en&tlng=en