레이저 우식진단기기 ‘DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP>’의 활용

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The detection of carious lesions is a key point to apply appropriate preventive measures or operative treatment of dental caries. A laser fluorescence device DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP>(KaVo, Biberach, Germany) has also been shown to be of additional clinical value in the detection of initial caries. This report focus on the DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP> for caries detection.
DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP> irradiate visible red light at a wavelength of 655 nm to elicit near-infrared fluorescence from caries lesion. This device is known as a reproducible method for caries detection, with good sensitivity and specificity especially for caries detection on occlusal and accessible smooth surfaces.
DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP> tended to be more sensitive method of detecting occlusal dentinal caries, however, showed more false-positive diagnoses than the visual inspection. So Clinician should not use the device as a clinician’s primary diagnostic method and it is recommended that the device should be used in the decision-making process in relation to the diagnosis of caries as a second opinion in cases of doubt after visual inspection.
The trend of modern dentistry would be a preventive approach rather than invasive treatment of the disease. This is possible only with early detection and respective preventive measures, DIAGNODent<SUP>®</SUP> can help the changes.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• ABSTRACT
• I. 정확한 우식 진단의 필요성
• II. 레이저 우식진단의 원리
• III. 국내외 관련 연구현황
• IV. 사용법과 주의사항
• V. 측정결과의 활용
• 참고문헌