ArticlePloS one2022
Visualization of dental plaque with a 3D-intraoral-scanner-A tool for whole mouth planimetry.
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The Immediate Effectiveness of a 3D Intraoral Scanner as an Adjunctive Oral Hygiene Educational Tool: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy of Oral Hygiene Instructions Carried Out Using an Intra-oral Scanner: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evaluation of blue and red two-tone colored staining solution for dental plaque imaging using an intraoral scanner.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Utility of intraoral scanner imaging for dental plaque detection.Imaging science in dentistry · 2024Article
- Occlusal Caries Detection with Intraoral Scanners in Pediatric Dentistry: A Comparative Clinical Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of plaque control record measurements obtained using intraoral scanner and direct visualization.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Applications of Intraoral Scanners: A Systematic Review.Journal of imaging · 2023Review
- Reliability and Diagnostic Performance of Digital Versus Clinical Assessment of Oral Hygiene and Gingival Health in Older Community-dwelling Adults.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryObservational
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Abstract
Planimetry is a reliable method for detecting and monitoring plaque. Until now, this method has mainly been applied to conventional-camera images, which is difficult and time-consuming in relation to the entire dentition. Today, 3D-intraoral-scans are well suited for imaging the entire dentition and are therefore an efficient and feasible alternative. 3D-intraoral-scans have already proven successful for the quantification of plaque based on a plaque index. Therefore, aim of this study was to investigate whether images from 3D-intraoral-scans are also suitable for valid planimetric plaque measurements and monitoring; intraoral-camera images served as a reference. Twenty subjects (27.5±1.2 years) were included. Plaque was disclosed at three different time points: habitual plaque (T1), after 72 h without oral hygiene (T2) and after subsequent tooth brushing (T3) and quantified using 3D-intraoral-scans and intraoral-camera images (intraoral-camera CS 1500, intraoral-scanner CS 3600; Carestream Dental, Germany). The percentage of the plaque-covered surface of the total surface area (P%) was determined with a software specially programmed for this purpose using images from 3D-intraoral-scans of the oral and vestibular surfaces of the Ramfjord teeth (16, 21, 24, 36, 41, and 44); the intraoral-camera images of the vestibular surfaces of 16 and 36 served as reference. P% from images of the 3D-intraoral-scan and the intraoral-camera revealed a very good correlation (r = 0.876; p ≤ 0.001); the Bland-Altmann analysis showed a good agreement with no proportional and a very minor systematic bias with slightly higher values from images of the 3D-intraoral-scan. Further, P% measurements of the images of the 3D-intraoral-scan were able to detect changes in plaque levels, showing a 47% (p ≤ 0.001) increase in P% from T1 to T2 and a 43% (p ≤ 0.001) decrease after toothbrushing (T3). Planimetry using images of the 3D-intraoral-scan seems to be a suitable tool for whole mouth planimetry to record and monitor dental plaque.
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