Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of swept-source optical coherent tomography (SS-OCT) in detecting and estimating the depth of proximal caries in posterior teeth in vivo. SS-OCT images and bitewing radiographs were obtained from 86 proximal surfaces of 53 patients. Six examiners scored the locations according to a caries lesion depth scale (0-4) using SS-OCT and the radiographs. The results were compared with clinical observations obtained after the treatment. SS-OCT could detect the presence of proximal caries in tomograms that were synthesized based on the backscatter signal obtained from the proximal carious lesion through occlusal enamel. SS-OCT showed significantly higher sensitivity and larger area under the receiver operating characteristic curve than radiographs for the detection of cavitated enamel lesions and dentin caries (Student's t -test, p < 0.05). SS-OCT appears to be a more reliable and accurate method than bitewing radiographs for the detection and estimation of the depth of proximal lesions in the clinical environment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 506-513 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bitewing radiograph
- Proximal caries
- ROC analysis
- SS-OCT
- Sensitivity
- Specificity
- in vivo
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)