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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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Recent advances in dental caries diagnosis
S Sasidharan1, P Rahmath Meeral2
1 Sivam Dental and Maxillofacial Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Best Dental Science College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. S Sasidharan
Sivam Dental and Maxillofacial Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijcd.ijcd_34_21
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Dental caries, a progressive bacterial damage to teeth, is one of the most common diseases that affects 95% of the population and is still a major cause of tooth loss. Recent years have seen an increase in research activity surrounding diagnostic methods, particularly in the assessment of early caries lesions. The use of technologies as adjunct to clinical visual examination for caries diagnosis will facilitate preventive care in dentistry to lower treatment cost as well as reduce the cost and time for testing potential anticaries agents. This article describes the various technologies available to aid the dental practitioners in detecting and diagnosis of dental caries at the earliest stage of its formation, assessing the activities of the detected carious lesion, and quantitatively or qualitatively monitoring of the lesion over time.
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