title: The diagnosis of dental caries: 3. Rationale and overview of present and possible future techniques.
abstract: A number of changes have taken place recently which may influence a practitioners choice of diagnostic methods for detecting and monitoring dental caries. The first two articles described the use of current diagnostic methods at various specific sites. This third paper discusses the rationale behind the use of these techniques and provides an overview of present techniques and those which may be useful in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Health, University of Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004724:Endoscopy; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing