Journal article
Forces Exerted by a Conventional Dental Explorer during Clinical Examination
Caries research, Vol.37(5), pp.365-368
10/2003
DOI: 10.1159/000072169
PMID: 12925828
Abstract
Purpose: To measure the range of forces exerted clinically in order to determine whether research in this area uses forces that are similar to those generally seen in a clinical setting. Methods: A transducer was manufactured consisting of a force measurement sleeve positioned over the handle of a conventional explorer. The sleeve housed 4 strain gauges oriented to detect forces in a vertical and lateral direction. Five experienced dentists performed a full-mouth caries exam on three fully dentate caries-free subjects with the force-detecting probe. Results: The overall average force was 340 ± 6 (SEM) g with a standard deviation of 218 g and a range of 14–1,006 g. The average number of contacts per tooth was 6.2 ± 0.2 (SEM) with a standard deviation of 2.7. Conclusions: The data from this study show that the forces used in previous studies were sometimes greater than the average force, but were still within the observed range of forces.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Forces Exerted by a Conventional Dental Explorer during Clinical Examination
- Creators
- J WagnerG ThomasC Stanford
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Caries research, Vol.37(5), pp.365-368
- DOI
- 10.1159/000072169
- PMID
- 12925828
- NLM abbreviation
- Caries Res
- ISSN
- 0008-6568
- eISSN
- 1421-976X
- Publisher
- Basel, Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2003
- Academic Unit
- Prosthodontics; Orthopedics and Rehabilitation; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984040217402771
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