Is it feasible to use smartphone images to perform telediagnosis of different stages of occlusal caries lesions?

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of two different models of smartphone and a conventional camera with that of direct clinical examination in detecting caries lesions at different stages of progression in deciduous molars. The photographic equipment consisted of two smartphones (iPhone and Nexus 4) and a conventional macro camera setup. First, in the laboratory phase of the study, we compared the images of 20 exfoliated primary teeth having caries lesions at different stages. Then, in the clinical phase of the study, the images of 119 primary molars from fifteen children (3 to 6 years old) were used. All of the photographic images were taken using the previously described devices. In both groups, two examiners, blinded to the photographic equipment used, assessed the

SUBMITTER: Kohara EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126822 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature