title: A comparison of bitewing radiography and fibreoptic illumination as adjuncts to the clinical identification of approximal caries in primary and permanent molars.
abstract: A clinical study was conducted on 150 approximal surfaces which were positive for caries by fibreoptic transillumination (FOTI), and these approximal surfaces were examined with bitewing radiography. Of these 54.7% and 41.3% were diagnosable through bitewing radiography and clinical examination respectively. And it was clearly understood that FOTI was a reliable method in detecting approximal carious lesions.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugandhan
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D013499:Surface Properties; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D014172:Transillumination