Hand-held laser examination tool

DIAGNOdent Caries Detector

The DIAGNOdent can find cavities that other dental instruments can miss.

The device is designed as an adjunct to a traditional oral examination in the detection of occlusal decay. Teeth that are suspicious for caries are ideal candidates for survey with the device

Key Benefits:

A laser examination tool for the early detection of caries.
Even very small lesions can be detected at the earliest stages.
Over 90% accurate!
Earlier treatment - Better outcomes

Using the detector to examine teeth

A printable DIAGNOdent leaflet for download is available: Here

A PowerPoint presentation for the DIAGNOdent is available: Here

Diagnodent is a pen-like probe that sends a safe, painless laser beam into the tooth. A numeric display & alarm signals when there are signs of hidden decay.

graphic illustration of standard probing graphic illustration of the efficient laser probing

These pictures show how the Diagnodent finds cavities that other dental instruments can miss.

How it works....

The Diagnodent device measures laser fluorescence within the tooth structure.
As the incident laser light is propagated into the site, two-way hand-piece optics allows the unit to simultaneously quantify the reflected laser light energy.
At the specific wavelength that the device operates (655 nm), clean healthy tooth structure exhibits little or no fluorescence, resulting in very low scale readings on the display.
Carious tooth structure exhibits fluorescence, proportionate to the degree of caries, resulting in elevated scale readings on the display.

Over 90% accurate!

Proportion of "correct diagnoses" using various diagnostic methods (in the case of seemingly intact occlusal - biting surfaces).

In a study conducted by Dr. Lussi of Berne University, Switzerland, dentists correctly diagnosed hidden fissure areas by visual inspection in only 57% of all cases.

The same group achieved an impressive success rate of 90% with the DIAGNOdent. In fact, DIAGNOdent was far more accurate than any other method in the study including bitewing x-rays (flossing x-rays) .

The following presentation is provided courtesy of www.dentrek.com. It requires a flash plug-in to work