Durr Dental VistaCam iX Proxi, Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

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Product description
Figure 2: Enamel lesions on the mesial
surface can be seen as wedge-shaped
structures within the dark translucent tooth
enamel. The lesions reach to the inner half
of the enamel.
The system cannot distinguish between
structures with the same amount of translu-
cency� Thus it is not suitable for the diagno-
sis of:
– Secondary caries under restorations
– Dentine caries
– Central occlusal caries
The tooth enamel appears brighter in pa-
tients with highly opaque tooth enamel� The
caries diagnosis is complicated here by the
low difference in contrast�
5.1 Evaluation
The black and white image shows struc-
tures with varying translucency as different
levels of brightness� The lower the translu-
cency, the higher the reflection of the in-
fra-red light and the brighter the structure� It
is possible to make out to following struc-
tures:
– Healthy enamel appears very dark, high
translucency
– Approximal caries appears bright, low
translucency
– Dentine appears bright, low translucency
– Several restorations appears bright, no
translucency
Figure 1: Any lesions on the mesial surface
can be recognised as a wide bright strip
up to the enamel/dentine limit.
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