Abstract
Author(s): Anahita Jablonski-Momeni and Sarah Marie Christin Klein
Objective: The aim of this study wasto evaluate the in-vivo performance of the CarieScan Pro (CS) device based on AC Impedance Spectroscopy technology (ACIST) on occlusal surfaces. Subjects and Methods: The ethics committee approved thestudyandtheparticipantsgaveinformedconsent.Thestudyincluded144unrestoredpermanentmolarsfrom24patients.The occlusalsurfacesoftheteethwereexaminedvisuallyusingICDAScriteria.ThenCarieScanmeasurementswereperformed.The actualdepthofthelesionswasassessedusingradiographsand/orclinicallybyopeningthelesionwhenappropriate.Correlation between all methods was assessed using Spearman’s rank correlation coeï¬cient (rð ). Sensitivity (SE) and speciï¬city (SP) were calculated at the D3- (dentine caries) diagnostic threshold and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was assessed.
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