Table 4. Average percentage of true diagnoses of three observers using different detection methods.
Visual inspection | Film | CCD | PSP | Iluma | |
No caries (%) | 92 | 89.2 | 94.6 | 91.3 | 94.8 |
Enamel caries (%) | 18.7 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 7.3 |
Dentine caries (%) | 4.4 | 17.8 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
Deep dentine caries (%) | 24.3 | 40.2 | 56.2 | 47.9 | 58.3 |
CCD, charge-coupled device; PSP, photostimulable phosphor