The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether BlueCheck® can accurately detect and monitor early-stage dental caries (tooth decay) and their remineralization in adults. Participants will wear partial dentures with partially demineralized human enamel specimens. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can BlueCheck® reliably detect early carious lesions with high sensitivity and specificity? * Does BlueCheck® visually reflect changes in remineralized enamel lesions? BlueCheck® results will be compared against standard diagnostic methods (e.g., Nyvad criteria, Diagnodent readings, surface microhardness) to see if BlueCheck® provides an objective, accurate, and visual method of detecting and monitoring early-stage caries. Participants will: * Wear a modified lower partial denture with four mounted enamel specimens for 28 days. * Use only the study-provided fluoride containing toothpaste * Attend weekly clinic visits for removal and laboratory analysis of one enamel specimen per week. * Undergo regular oral health checks and provide diary entries tracking brushing and any adverse events.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
12
Caries Detection and Monitoring
Oral Health Research Institute
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Sensitivity of BlueCheck to detect early stage carious lesions
BlueCheck will be applied to the early stage enamel carious lesions and visually assessed whether they are highlighted blue
Time frame: Day 0
Specificity of BlueCheck to not visual highlight sound enamel
BlueCheck will be applied to sound enamel samples and visually assessed whether they are highlighted blue.
Time frame: Day 0
Change in BlueCheck colouration of remineralised artificial carious lesions
Artificial carious lesions will be remineralised by application of fluoride containing toothpaste. Change in colouration of the lesions before and after remineralization in-situ will be compared to changes in surface microhardness over the same period.
Time frame: Day 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28
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