NDLI: The effect of bitewing radiography on estimates of dental caries experience among children differs according to their disease experience

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Foster Page, L. A. Boyd, D. Fuge, K. Stevenson, A. Goad, K. Sim, D. Thomson, W. M.
Abstract	Background Radiography is a regularly used and accepted adjunct to visual examination in the diagnosis of dental caries. It is assumed that not using radiographs can lead to underestimation of dental caries experience with most reports having involved studies of young adults or adolescents, and been focused on the permanent dentition. The aim of this study was to determine the relative contributions of bitewing radiography and clinical examination in the detection of dental caries in primary molars and to determine whether those contributions differ according to caries experience. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted, involving examinations undertaken in dental clinics. Bitewing radiographs taken at the time of the clinical examination were developed and read later, with the data from those used at the analysis stage to adjust the caries diagnosis for the mesial, occlusal and distal surfaces of the primary molar teeth. Children’s clinically determined dmfs score was used to allocate them to one of three caries experience groups (0 dmfs, 1–8 dmfs, or 9+ dmfs). Results Of the 501 three-to-eight-year-old children examined, nearly three-quarters were younger than six. Caries prevalence and mean dmfs after clinical examination alone and following radiographs were 63.1% and 4.6 (sd, 6.2), and 74.7% and 5.8 (sd, 6.5) respectively. Among children with a dmfs of 1–8, the number of lesions missed during the clinical examination was greater than the number of 106 (25.6%) in children with a dmfs of 9+. In the 185 children with no apparent caries at clinical examination, 124 lesions were detected radiographically, among 58 (46.8%) of those. Conclusions Taking bitewing radiographs in young children is not without challenges or risks, and it must be undertaken with these in mind. Diagnostic yields from bitewing radiographs are greater for children with greater caries experience. The findings of this study further support the need to consider using bitewing radiographs in young children to enhance the management of lesions not detected by a simple visual examination alone. Trial registration ACTRN12614000844640 .
Related Links	https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12903-018-0596-1.pdf
Ending Page	8
Page Count	8
Starting Page	1
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14726831
DOI	10.1186/s12903-018-0596-1
Journal	BMC Oral Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	18
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2018-08-09
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Dentistry Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Children Bitewing radiography Caries status
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Dentistry
Journal Impact Factor	2.6/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.2/2023

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Dental caries status and related factors among 5-year-old children in Shanghai

Predictors and development patterns of approximal caries: a retrospective cross-sectional radiographic assessment

Oral health of 6–7 year-old children according to the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) index

Association of maternal oral health literacy with dental caries status of 6-9-year-old children according to the caries assessment spectrum and treatment (CAST) index

Self – perceived and clinically diagnosed dental and periodontal health status among young adults and their implications for epidemiological surveys

Effect of caries preventive measures directed to expectant mothers on caries experience in their children

Classification of Approximal Caries in Bitewing Radiographs Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Dental caries status and its associated factors among 5-year-old Hong Kong children: a cross-sectional study

Dental Caries diagnosis from bitewing images using convolutional neural networks

The effect of bitewing radiography on estimates of dental caries experience among children differs according to their disease experience

Similar Documents

Dental caries status and related factors among 5-year-old children in Shanghai

Predictors and development patterns of approximal caries: a retrospective cross-sectional radiographic assessment

Oral health of 6–7 year-old children according to the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) index

Association of maternal oral health literacy with dental caries status of 6-9-year-old children according to the caries assessment spectrum and treatment (CAST) index

Self – perceived and clinically diagnosed dental and periodontal health status among young adults and their implications for epidemiological surveys

Effect of caries preventive measures directed to expectant mothers on caries experience in their children

Classification of Approximal Caries in Bitewing Radiographs Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Dental caries status and its associated factors among 5-year-old Hong Kong children: a cross-sectional study

Dental Caries diagnosis from bitewing images using convolutional neural networks

The effect of bitewing radiography on estimates of dental caries experience among children differs according to their disease experience