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DIAGNOdent Caries Detector

Greater New York Dental Meeting 2008

Scott Hammond of KaVo Dental, discusses the DIAGNOdent Caries Detector device, which is designed to find early dental decay before it is detectable on an x-ray or with a sharp explorer. It uses a low-powered, two-way laser to measure the fluorescence of bacteria.

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