Dental caries is an infectious disease of the teeth that leads to the destruction of organic tissue and dissolution of the calcified tissues of the tooth structure.
There has been a creating interest in dentistry that is moving away from the treatment of the disease to one based on the prevention of it. Concerning some other diseases, prevention is best when the detection of the disease is early.
Light-Based Caries Detection Methods include: Fluorescence – Aided Caries Excavation (FACE), Fiber – Optic Transillumination (FOTI), Quantitative Light- induced Fluorescence (QLF), Laser fluorescence (DIAGOdent), and Photothermal Radiometry and Modulated Luminescence (The Canary System).
The purpose of caries detection tools is to detect dental caries at the early stage of caries and prevent its progression from demineralization to cavitation.
