REVIEW article
Front. Dent. Med.
Sec. Dental Materials
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2025.1600500
Comparative Evaluation of Caries Detector Dyes and Laser Fluorescence Systems for Clinical Diagnosis in Selective Caries Removal: A Scoping Review
Provisionally accepted
- University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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This manuscript discusses the conservative treatment of deep carious lesions through selective caries removal. The comparison between different methods for determining which tissue to remove or preserve can help establish a reliable protocol for removing infected tissues while maintaining tooth vitality. Thetwo methods analyzed in this study are caries detector dyes and fluorescence-based devices, both of which aim to improve diagnostic accuracy and minimize unnecessary tissue removal. Preserving as much healthy dental tissue as possible is essential for long-term tooth survival and reducing the need for more invasive treatments such as root canal therapy. By evaluating the effectiveness and reliability of these two diagnostic tools, this research contributes to the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines for minimally invasive dentistry. This study integrates key aspects of cariology, endodontics-specifically vital pulp therapy-and conservative dentistry. Given the growing em
Keywords: Ana Iglesias-Poveda: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, investigation, resources, Software, visualization, Writing -original draft
Received: 26 Mar 2025; Accepted: 23 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Iglesias-Poveda, Flores-Fraile, González-Gil and López-Marcos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Diego González-Gil, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008, Spain
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