DIAGNOdent® - Accurate, reliable caries detection aid


More and more patients place value on healthy and attractive teeth. In order to maintain them, the earliest possible care is essential. DIAGNOdent aids in the detections of caries. Even very small lesions are detected at the earliest stage, enabling you to protect and preserve the tooth substance.

Function


Altered tooth substances and bacteria fluoresce when they are exposed to a specific wavelength of light.

The DIAGNOdent operates at a wavelength of 655 nm. At this specific wavelength, clean healthy tooth structure exhibits little or no fluorescence, resulting in very low scale readings on the display. However, carious tooth structure will exhibit fluorescence, proportionate to the degree of caries, resulting in elevated scale readings on the display of the DIAGNOdent.

An audio signal allows the operator to hear changes in the scale values. This enables the focus to be on the patient, not solely on the device.

Benefits to you as a patient

  • Permits use of minimally invasive treatments without unnecessary preparation - ideal adjunct to air abrasion and micro rotary instruments.
  • For the first time, allows the quantification of caries activity over time with a precise and reliable measurement.
  • Reproducible results permit checking, stabilization and documentation of caries.
  • Ideal device for the hygienist to detect suspicious areas needing further examination.
  • Is conservative by avoiding "exploratory" excavation of suspect teeth.
  • Extremely accurate diagnostic aid. Proven to be over 90% accurate.
  • Early detection of pathological changes that are undiagnosed by conventional examination methods (e.g. initial lesions, demineralization and changes in the enamel, fissure caries).
  • No scratching probe: simple, fast and painless examination.
  • Increases operator and patient confidence about treatment decisions due to accurate visual and acoustic representation of measured values.

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