The article presents the results of a clinical examination of patients with carious pathology of the lateral group of teeth using basic and modern digital diagnostic methods (digital fibrooptical transillumination (DIFOTI), visiography).

THE AIM OF THE STUDY

Was to evaluate the effectiveness of visiography and basic methods of digital fibrooptic transillumination in detecting carious pathology of the lateral group of teeth.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A prospective comparative examination of 131 patients aged 18 to 35 years (1426 teeth) was conducted. Primary or recurrent carious pathology of molars and premolars was noted, indicating the affected surfaces. A comparative analysis of the data obtained was carried out to determine the effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of the studied methods relative to the DIFOTI technology. Various statistical processing methods are used in the work, depending on the type of random variables and the research objective.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Statistical analysis of the data obtained showed that digital fibrooptic tracillumination has a high diagnostic efficiency in detecting primary carious cavities of the lateral group of teeth, while visiography and basic diagnostic methods are significantly low. These methods are somewhat inferior in the diagnosis of recurrent caries on the occlusal and approximal surfaces of molars and premolars.

CONCLUSION

The method of digital fibrooptic transillumination is one of the safest and most informative methods for detecting carious pathology of the lateral group of teeth.