How do you diagnose tooth decay?
If you cannot detect the disease, how can you treat it?
Dentists often experience anxiety when attempting to diagnose the phenomenon known as hidden cavities. A suspicious-looking tooth presents a treatment dilemma for dentists. Should the tooth be opened up? What if no decay is found? Should the tooth just be watched, or does that give decay more time to destroy the tooth’s surface?
A changing caries model: due to floridation, decay has gone “underground”. While helping to improve the oral health of many Americans, fluoridation has resulted in harder tooth enamel. Incipient decay lesions that once began on the tooth’s surface have now migrated below the surface. 
Proven clinical results: Treatment decisions require a higher degree of certainty. The DIAGNOdent laser caries detection aid removes the doubt from treatment decisions regarding hidden caries ore questionable stained grooves. The device’s ability to see into occlusal pits and fissures enables dentists to treat sub-surface decay lesions with confidence.