TY - JOUR
T1 - The frequency of bitewing radiographs
AU - Shwartz, Michael
AU - Pliskin, Joseph S.
AU - Gröndahl, Hans Göran
AU - Boffa, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by Grant No. 04858 from the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, OASH. *Health Care Management Program, Boston University. **Department of Industrial Engineering and Center for Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. ***Department of Oral Radiology, University of Gothenburg. ****Dental Care Management Program, Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, Boston University.
PY - 1986/1/1
Y1 - 1986/1/1
N2 - A model for use in analyzing the implications of different rates of caries incidence and progression for the timing of bitewing radiographs was developed. Estimates of progression rates and incidence patterns were derived from an analysis of serial bitewing radiographs. A time schedule for taking the next radiographs was determined so that carious lesions would be detected before radiolucencies reach the inner half of the dentin. For asymptomatic persons with extensive exposure to fluorides and no unrestored enamel lesions on the last radiographs, bitewing films could be scheduled every 2.5 to 3 years. For persons with little exposure to fluorides or with many early enamel lesions or at least one deep enamel lesion that has not been restored, radiographs should be performed every 6 months to 1 year.
AB - A model for use in analyzing the implications of different rates of caries incidence and progression for the timing of bitewing radiographs was developed. Estimates of progression rates and incidence patterns were derived from an analysis of serial bitewing radiographs. A time schedule for taking the next radiographs was determined so that carious lesions would be detected before radiolucencies reach the inner half of the dentin. For asymptomatic persons with extensive exposure to fluorides and no unrestored enamel lesions on the last radiographs, bitewing films could be scheduled every 2.5 to 3 years. For persons with little exposure to fluorides or with many early enamel lesions or at least one deep enamel lesion that has not been restored, radiographs should be performed every 6 months to 1 year.
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U2 - 10.1016/0030-4220(86)90379-8
DO - 10.1016/0030-4220(86)90379-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022647755
SN - 0030-4220
VL - 61
SP - 300
EP - 305
JO - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
JF - Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
IS - 3
ER -