To investigate the use of computer-assisted densitometric image analysis (CADIA) to detect incipient approximal carious lesions in vitro and to compare areas of demineralization and mechanically induced lesions by radiographic visual inspection.
Clinic for Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Dental Institute, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, 8028 Zürich, Switzerland. schmidli@zzmk.unizh.ch