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pediatric dentistry
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Aims: The main objective of this research was to establish which is the best diagnostic method for interproximal caries in children, by evaluating parameters such as their sensitivity and specificity. Materials and methods: The methodology applied was a bibliographic review of studies and documents such as systematic reviews, original articles, bibliographic reviews and case-control articles; for which a search was carried out in the databases of Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Scielo and Google Scholar. Results: 172 references of interest were found, however, finally 68 were included, which met all the inclusion criteria. When evaluating the sensitivity and specificity parameters, the visual clinical examination presented numerical values of 0.95 and 1 respectively, which exceeded the values presented by the diagnostic methods: bitewing radiography, laser fluorescence (Diagnodent) and Image Transillumination with Near infrared (Diagnocam). Conclusions: Of the four most used methods to evaluate interproximal caries in children, it was determined that the best method is the visual clinical examination to which the use of orthodontic separating bands is added, since these allow better visibility in these areas of difficult access. Therefore, this method is sufficient to evaluate interproximal caries.
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