Quantitative Light-induced Fluorescence Images and Digital Photographs - Reproducibility of Manually Marked Demineralisations

Abstract

Hard tooth tissue demineralisation is an undesirable side effect of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. Whereas both clinically and in digital photographs (DP), demineralisations appear as white spot lesions, WSLs appear as dark areas when quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) imaging is used. This study aims at comparing the reproducibility of the detection of decalcified tooth areas in DP and QLF.

Publication
Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics, 78(2)