PMID- 23903652
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150409
LR  - 20190918
IS  - 1881-1361 (Electronic)
IS  - 0287-4547 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013
TI  - Validity of a portable microhardness testing system (Cariotester) for diagnosis 
      of progression in active caries lesions.
PG  - 667-72
AB  - This study aimed to evaluate the validity of a portable microhardness testing 
      system (Cariotester) for diagnosis of progression in active caries lesions by 
      comparing data from this device and a laser fluorescence device (DIAGNOdent). 
      Carious dentin in 12 specimens (stained clearly with a caries detector dye) was 
      incrementally removed with a round bur at 150 mum depth intervals from the dentin 
      surface in the direction of the pulp chamber. After each increment (total 138 
      sites), the Knoop hardness (HK) (evaluated with Cariotester) and DIAGNOdent (D) 
      values were measured. HK values increased as D values decreased (regression 
      formula: HK=0.419+238.342/D (p<0.001); coefficient of determination (R(2)): 
      0.602). Although DIAGNOdent quantitatively evaluates the degree of caries 
      progression and bacterial infection status in caries lesions, our results 
      demonstrate the validity and convenience of alternatively using microhardness 
      measurements during caries removal to evaluate disease progression.
FAU - Iwami, Yukiteru
AU  - Iwami Y
AD  - Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate 
      School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. 
      y-iwami@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp
FAU - Yamamoto, Hiroko
AU  - Yamamoto H
FAU - Hayashi, Mikako
AU  - Hayashi M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Japan
TA  - Dent Mater J
JT  - Dental materials journal
JID - 8309299
RN  - 0 (Coloring Agents)
MH  - Algorithms
MH  - Color
MH  - Coloring Agents
MH  - Dental Caries/*diagnosis/pathology
MH  - Dental Cavity Preparation/instrumentation
MH  - Dental Stress Analysis/instrumentation
MH  - Dentin/pathology
MH  - Disease Progression
MH  - Fluorescence
MH  - Hardness
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lasers, Semiconductor
MH  - Microcomputers
MH  - Microscopy/instrumentation
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 2013/08/02 06:00
MHDA- 2015/04/10 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/02 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/04/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - DN/JST.JSTAGE/dmj/2012-328 [pii]
AID - 10.4012/dmj.2012-328 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Dent Mater J. 2013;32(4):667-72. doi: 10.4012/dmj.2012-328.