Validity of Digital Imaging of Fiber-Optic Transillumination in Caries Detection on Proximal Tooth Surfaces

Table 3

Findings of fiber-optic transillumination (DIFOTI) images by a fifth-year dental student and an experienced clinician; numbers and proportions of tooth surfaces.

Numbers and proportions (%) of tooth surfaces with different stages of caries lesions
	DIFOTI (fifth-year dental student)
		Sound	Initial	Manifested	Total (%)
DIFOTI (experienced clinician)	Sound	1,308	106	12	1,426 (68.5)
	Initial	132	278	32	442 (21.2)
	Manifested	15	56	144	215 (10.3)
	Total (%)	1,455 (69.8)	440 (21.2)	188 (9.0)	2,083 (100.0)