Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: 3D Scanning and Transillumination vs Conventional Examination to Assess Caries Progression, Stability or Regression
Brief Summary: The objective of this study is to investigate whether the 3D scanner and accompanying software, as well as the transillumination method, can identify changes in primary caries lesions in caries-active patients, where selected lesions achieve a higher degree of plaque control than others over an 8-month period.
The working hypothesis of this study is that the two methods, scanning and transillumination, are as good as the traditional method (clinical examination complemented by radiographs) to assess whether caries lesions are progressing, stable or regressing. Progression, stability or regression of selected caries lesions are thus the endpoint, and the rationale is to investigate whether more objective measures can replace/supplement a subjective method to assess progression, stability or regression of caries lesions.