ArticleClinical and experimental dental research2022
Telediagnosis of dental caries: Possible or impossible? A pilot cross-sectional study.
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- Teledentistry accuracy for caries diagnosis: a systematic review of in-vivo studies using extra-oral photography methods.BMC oral health · 2024Pooled it
- Teledentistry: Applications Across Dental Specialties: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran) · 2026Review
- Telemedicine and Digital Tools in Dentistry: Enhancing Diagnosis and Remote Patient Care.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Accuracy of smartphone photographs for detecting active carious lesions in orthodontic patients.Brazilian oral research · 2025Article
- Validity and reliability of a smartphone-based photographic method for detection of dental caries in adults for use in teledentistry.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- A Tele-detection and referral pAthways model for early childhood cariEs control- a protocol for a randomized factorial study: the TRACE study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Cost-Effective Full-Color 3D Dental Imaging Based on Close-Range Photogrammetry.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Telediagnosis of dental caries: Possible or impossible? A pilot cross-sectional study.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aims of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of teledentistry (based on a home intraoral imaging protocol) in detecting dental caries and to assess the accuracy of this method compared to clinical examination.
methodsForty-three patients were recruited for the study. Using a protocol for taking intraoral photographs at home with a smartphone proposed by the Dental School of Verona, a remote diagnosis of dental caries (TD) was performed by an experienced dentist. The same caries sites were also assessed by clinical diagnosis (CD) by a second experienced dentist. Ten photos were taken at home in five different perspectives, with and without flash, and emailed to one of the authors. The best five photos were selected for telediagnosis. The International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II) score was used for caries diagnosis. Statistical tests were performed: Sensitivity and specificity of TD, the positive and negative predictive value of TD (PPV-NPV), and Spearman correlation to evaluate the relationship between the scores of TD and CD.
resultsA total of 430 photographs were submitted; TD was performed on 215 photographs and 43 patients were visited. A total of 1201 teeth were analyzed. The sensitivity of TD was 74.0, the specificity was 99.1, the PPV of TD was 91.7, and the NPV was 96.4. The Spearman correlation was 0.816, showing a very strong correlation between the values obtained with TD and CD.
conclusionsThe study showed good potential for TD, which proved to be a feasible method to combine with routine caries diagnosis in daily preventive dentistry practice.
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