COMPUTER-ASSISTED DENSITOMETRIC IMAGE-ANALYSIS (CADIA) OF PREVIOUSLY SEALED CARIOUS TEETH - A PILOT-STUDY

Authors
BRILEY JB DOVE SB MERTZFAIRHURST EJ HERMESCH CB
Citation
Jb. Briley et al., COMPUTER-ASSISTED DENSITOMETRIC IMAGE-ANALYSIS (CADIA) OF PREVIOUSLY SEALED CARIOUS TEETH - A PILOT-STUDY, Operative dentistry, 22(3), 1997, pp. 105-114
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Operative dentistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03617734
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
105 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-7734(1997)22:3<105:CDI(OP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that occlusal dental caries can be arreste d with sealants. Radiographic monitoring must be performed to ensure s uccess. Standardized sequential bitewing radiographs over a 10-year in terval of four patients who had sealed composite restorations placed w ithout caries removal were digitized and analyzed using the CADIA algo rithm. CADIA values for the 10-year period were analyzed using Analysi s of Variance (ANOVA), and showed no significant change in radiographi c density for this interval (P>0.05), which is suggestive of arrested dental caries.