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COMPARISON BETWEEN KAVO DIAGNODENT AND DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY IN OCCLUSAL CARIES DETECTION

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Diagnosis

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of a laser fluorescence method "Kavo DIAGNOdent" in detecting occlusal enamel and dentinal caries in comparison with digital radiography using light microscope as gold standard.
Subjects and methods: 44 extracted teeth were scanned by Kavo DIAGNOdent. Then the teeth were arranged in blocks made from wax. Dental radiographs were obtained. This was done by digital radiography. The radiographs were examined by radiologists that were completely blinded . Then buccolingual sections approximately 300 µm thick were taken perpendicular to the occlusal surfaces using a water-cooled saw and examined under light microscope.

Results: For all measurements, Kavo DIAGNOdent had significantly higher percentage of correct enamel and dentinal caries diagnosis and had significantly higher sensitivity and specificity values than digital radiography (p<0.05).

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, Kavo DIAGNOdent is a more accurate tool than digital radiography in occlusal caries detection.

DOI

10.21608/edj.2025.344017.3307

Keywords

laser fluorescence, Extracted teeth, Camera, blinding, manufacturer’s instructions

Authors

First Name

Hanaa

Last Name

Said

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Master student at Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry-Cairo University. Teaching Assistant at Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Misr University for Science and Assistant in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Misr University for Science and Technology.

Email

hanaa.elsayed@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

City

October

Orcid

0009-0004-3553-6080

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

AbdelAty

Affiliation

Lecturer of Oral and maxillofacial radiology, Faculty of dentistry, Cairo university

Email

walaa.aty@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5346-5475

First Name

rawda

Last Name

elsherif

MiddleName

mohamed

Affiliation

Lecturer of Oral Medicine, Periodontology and Radiology Faculty of Dentistry, Misr University for Science and Technology

Email

radwa.mohamed@must.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-0128-6042

First Name

Noha

Last Name

Issa

MiddleName

Ossama

Affiliation

Associate Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Email

noha.issa@dentistry.cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-0180-9699

Volume

71

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

54986

Issue Date

2025-04-01

Receive Date

2024-12-14

Publish Date

2025-04-01

Page Start

1,333

Page End

1,345

Print ISSN

0070-9484

Online ISSN

2090-2360

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EDJ_Volume 71_Issue 2_Pages 1333-1345.pdf

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254

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Publication Title

Egyptian Dental Journal

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https://edj.journals.ekb.eg/

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COMPARISON BETWEEN KAVO DIAGNODENT AND DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY IN OCCLUSAL CARIES DETECTION

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27 Apr 2025