. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lasers Surg Med. 2010 Dec;42(10):738–745. doi: 10.1002/lsm.21013

Table I.

Measured values of the lesion depth and severity measured using OCT, TMR and PLM.

Lesion Type		Number Samples	PLM Depth (μm)	OCT Depth (μm)	TMR (ΔZ)	OCT (ΔR)
Overall -	Sound	27	58(54)	61(31)	3(35)	70(72)
Overall -	Carious	49	150(108)	118(84)	1228(1556)	214(202)
Occlusal -	Sound	11	28(31)	61(36)	4(35)	70(34)
Occlusal -	Carious	25	154(127)	121(70)	1603(2014)	225(214)
Buccal -	Sound	16	78(58)	65(59)^*	2(37)	81(89)
Buccal -	Carious	24	146(86)	115(98)^*	838(711)	203(193)
Buccal –	Fluoride	20	104(75)^*	89(109)^*	395(579)^*	116(158)^*
Buccal –	No Fluoride	20	128(69)^*	101(60)^*	572(732)^*	210(198)^*

groups were not significantly different P>0.05