ANALYSIS OF ORANGE/RED FLUORESCENCE FOR BACTERIAL ACTIVITY IN INITIAL CARIOUS LESIONS MAY PROVIDE ACCURATE LESION ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT FOR CARIES PROGRESSION

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Orange/Red Fluorescence of Active Caries by Retrospective Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence Image Analysis. Gomez GF, Eckert GJ, Zandoná AF.Caries Res 2016; 50(3):295-302. SOURCE OF FUNDING The study was partially supported by a grant from NIH/NIDCR (R01DE017890) TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Retrospective case-control design using the data collected in a longitudinal study.

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