title: An evaluation of pit and fissure caries and caries experience as selection criteria in bitewing examinations for children.
abstract: One area of particular concern, on behalf of the pediatric dental patient, is the routine use of low doses of ionizing radiation in the form of bitewing radiographs at semi-annual examinations. Patients at high-risk for interproximal caries should receive bitewing examinations at the first clinical evidence of caries. The use of pit and fissure caries as a criterion for determining relative interproximal caries risk may not be reliable in fluoridated communities.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kronmiller
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Nirschl
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Zullo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012306:Risk; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging