Analysis of Orange/Red Fluorescence for Bacterial Activity in Initial Carious Lesions May Provide Accurate Lesion Activity Assessment for Caries Progression

Abstract

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Orange/Red Fluorescence of Active Caries by Retrospective Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence Image Analysis. Gomez GF, Eckert GJ, Zandoná AF.Caries Res 2016; 50(3):295-302.

SOURCE OF FUNDING: The study was partially supported by a grant from NIH/NIDCR (R01DE017890) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective case-control design using the data collected in a longitudinal study.