Susceptibility of nursing caries children to future
approximal molar decay.
Treatment of the
approximal carious lesions consists sometimes in large tooth preparations, resulting atypical cavities as: mesio-occlusal-distal (MOD), approximal-occlusal-vestibolar, cervico-approximal-occusal, etc.
Variation of
approximal tooth contact tightness with postural change.
Mechanical defects of different sizes and depths were created on their proximal surfaces and teeth were placed in acrylic blocks with
approximal contacts.
This effect can be achieved with a fiber optic illuminator, which is readily available at the hand piece coupler of the dental operatory and has been used for detection of
approximal and occlusal caries.
Reliability of visual examination, fibre-optic transillumination, and bite-wing radiography, and reproducibility of direct visual examination following tooth separation for the identification of cavitated carious lesions in contacting
approximal surfaces.
Finishing and polishing strips with progressively finer grain sizes are available for
approximal spaces (Fig.
Approximal gingiva was red in color and was bleeding on slight provocation.
In addition, this system can use digital image processing methods to enhance contrast between sound and carious tissues and to quantify features of incipient, frank and secondary caries lesions on occlusal,
approximal and smooth surfaces.