Early lesion detection at 6-7 years and 12-13 years schoolchildren from Bucharest, a prediction factor of decay evolution

Roxana Ranga, Adina Dumitrache

Abstract

Until recently, dentists have relied only on clinical and x-ray examinations to detect caries. The modern caries diagnosis methods can improve on the accuracy of detection and, more important, offer the possibility of early caries detection. The program „Prediction of the evolution of oro-dental diseases and oro-maxillo anomalies in gradeschool children" had the purpose of making an early diagnosis for the early carious lesion, of promoting the implementation of a well targeted preventive program into communities and of motivating dental practitioners in schools to use modern methods of early lesions' diagnosis. The present article shows the final results of the study which took place in several schools in Bucharest. The results refer to the number and localization of early carious lesions in 6-7 and 12-13 years old children. The carious lesions were diagnosed by clinical examination and fibre optic transillumination (FOTI).