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The Truth About the Tooth

Grant Smith, DDS

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Grant Smith, DDS, has found that the CariVu caries detection device is the perfect addition to the imaging tools in his practice. CariVu uses near-infrared (NIR) light, which illuminates both sides of the tooth simultaneously to detect carious lesions and cracks interproximally, occlusally, and around cracks and restorations.

CariVu’s technology is different than other types of caries detection devices— some show results through a range of colors or a number that correlates to a degree of mineralization. On a CariVu image, healthy parts of the tooth appear light and lesions appear dark because healthy structures reflect the NIR light, whereas the porous carious lesions trap and absorb the light.

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