van der Veen M H
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, Amsterdam, Gustav Mahlerlaan 3004, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Curr Oral Health Rep. 2015;2(2):102-109. doi: 10.1007/s40496-015-0050-2.
This paper discusses the use of new technologies for the assessment of caries and more in particular changes in caries activity. Over the past decades, we have seen a shift from restorative treatment caries to a prevention-driven approach. Also there is a need for shorter and less expensive caries clinical trials. These demand earlier detection of lesions and the monitoring of lesion changes longitudinally in time, which has led to the development of new technologies to aid clinical visual examination. Also clinical visual inspection indices have been refined to fit this purpose. There is a constant flow of technologies emerging and disappearing. This review discusses the merits of recent developments regarding their respective uses for research purposes in testing new caries prevention strategies as well as in clinical caries management in dental private practice. Which technique to choose highly depends on the needed resolution of information.
本文讨论了新技术在龋齿评估中的应用，尤其是龋齿活动的变化。在过去几十年里，我们见证了从龋齿修复治疗到预防驱动方法的转变。此外，还需要更短且成本更低的龋齿临床试验。这就要求更早地检测病变并对病变变化进行纵向实时监测，从而推动了辅助临床目视检查的新技术的发展。临床目视检查指标也已得到完善以适应这一目的。新技术不断涌现又消失。本综述讨论了近期技术发展在测试新的龋齿预防策略以及牙科私人诊所的临床龋齿管理中用于研究目的的各自优点。选择哪种技术很大程度上取决于所需信息的分辨率。
