ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
New Caries Diagnostic Tools in Intraoral Scanners: A Comparative In Vitro Study to Established Methods in Permanent and Primary Teeth.
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- Remote assessment of caries, MIH, and plaque on intraoral 3D scan images: Findings from the LIFE Child study.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Article
- Oral health status and associated factors among rural older adults in China using a 3D intraoral scanner: a population-based cross-sectional study in four provinces.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Association between proximal caries and pulp canal obliteration in maxillary molars: A cone-beam computed tomography-based retrospective study.Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2026Article
- 3D intraoral scanner as an auxiliary tool for the diagnosis of dental hard-tissue conditions.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
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- Detection of proximal dental caries in primary teeth with a near-infrared-irradiation-assisted intraoral scanner: an in vitro study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Recent Advances in Intraoral Scanners.Journal of dental research · 2024Review
- Case Report on Caries Assessment Using Intraoral Scanner Compared with Bitewing Radiographs.European journal of dentistry · 2024Article
- Occlusal Caries Detection with Intraoral Scanners in Pediatric Dentistry: A Comparative Clinical Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Improving the Communication of Dental Findings in Pediatric Dentistry by Using Intraoral Scans as a Visual Aid: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
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- Caries Detection in Primary Teeth Using Intraoral Scanners Featuring Fluorescence: Protocol for a Diagnostic Agreement Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Caries Lesion Assessment Using 3D Virtual Models by Examiners with Different Degrees of Clinical Experience.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Detection, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of Early Caries: The Future of Individualized Dental Care.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The effect of generation change on the accuracy of full arch digital impressions.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Use of Digital Diagnostic Aids for Initial Caries Detection: A Review.Dentistry journal · 2023Review
- Diagnostic Applications of Intraoral Scanners: A Systematic Review.Journal of imaging · 2023Review
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Abstract
The aim of this in vitro study was to systematically investigate new caries diagnostic tools, including three intraoral scanners, and compare them to established diagnostic methods. For a standardized analysis of occlusal and proximal caries lesions, human permanent and primary teeth (n = 64) were embedded in models and investigated in a phantom head using six different caries diagnostic methods: visual examination, bitewing radiography, Diagnocam (KaVo, Biberach, Germany), Trios 4 (3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark), iTero Element 5D (Align Technology, San José, CA, USA), and Planmeca Emerald S (Planmeca, Helsinki, Finland). The diagnostic methods were investigated and compared to reference µ-CT for permanent and primary teeth separately. For occlusal caries diagnostics in permanent teeth, the best agreement to the reference (reliability) was obtained for Planmeca Emerald S (ĸ = 0.700), whereas in primary teeth, for visual examination (ĸ = 0.927), followed by Trios 4 (ĸ = 0.579). Regarding proximal caries diagnostics, bitewing radiography, as the gold standard, exhibited the highest agreement for permanent (ĸ = 0.643) and primary teeth (ĸ = 0.871). Concerning the analysis of the diagnostic quality (sensitivity and specificity) using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, comparable findings were obtained for area under curve (AUC) values as for reliability. No diagnostic method could be identified that is generally suitable for occlusal and proximal lesions in both dentitions. Overall, caries diagnostics with intraoral scanners seem to be interesting tools that should be further investigated in clinical studies.
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