Caries as a disease process and caries detection

  1. Dental Caries
    Selwitz RH, Ismail AI, Pitts NB. Lancet 2007 369: 51-59
  2. Systematic Reviews of Selected Dental Caries Diagnostic and Management Methods
    Bader JD, Shugars DA, Bonito AJ. Journal of Dental Education, 2001 65: 960-968
  3. A systematic review of the performance of methods for identifying carious lesions
    Bader JD, Shugars DA, Bonito AJ. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 2002 62(4): 201-213
  4. Autoclaving and battery capacity influence on laser fluorescence measurements
    Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, Rocha-Cabral RM, et al, 66:122-127 (2008)
  5. Hidden Dentinal Caries Detection Using a Novel Electrical Impedance Device
    N.B. Pitts, C. Longbottom, D. Ricketts, and A.Czajczynska-Waszkiewicz
    IADR 86th General Session & Exhibition, Toronto

Clinical Caries Management

  1. Diagnostic Tools and measurements - impact on appropriate care
    Pitts NB. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 1997 25: 24-35
  2. Are we ready to move from operative to non-operative/preventative treatment of dental caries in clinical practice?
    Pitts NB. Caries Research 2004; 38:294-304

ACIST - the AC Impedance Spectroscopy Technique

  1. Detection of dental decay and its extent using AC Impedance Spectroscopy
    Longbottom C, Huysmans M-C DNJ, Pitts NB, Los P, Bruce PG.Nature Medicine 1996; 2(2): 235-237
  2. Impedance spectroscopy of teeth with and without approximal carious lesions - an in vitro study
    Huysmans M-C DNJ, Longbottom C, Pitts NB, Los P, Bruce PG. J Dent Res1996; 75(11): 1871-1878
  3. Electrical Methods of occlusal caries diagnosis: an in-vivo comparison with visual inspection and bitewing radiography
    Longbottom C, Huysmans M-C DNJ, Pitts NB. Caries Research 1997; 31: 119-124
  4. Temperature dependence of the electrical resistance of sound and carious teeth Huysmans MC, Longbottom C, Christie AM, Bruce PG, Shellis RP. J Dental Research; 79(7):1464-1468 (2000)
  5. Sensitivity and Specitivity of Selected Methods for Diagnosing Early carious Changes
    Wozniak J. PhD Thesis (Medical Universiy of Wroclaw, Poland) (2003)
  6. Electrical measurements for use in caries clinical trials
    Longbottom C, Huysmans MC. J Dent Research , 83: Spec No C:C76-9 (2004)
  7. AC-Impedance Spectroscopy Technique for the Detection of Dental Caries in Human Teeth
    Przemyslaw Los, Nigel B Pitts, Christopher Longbottom, Andrew F Hall, Agnieszka Czajczynska-Waszkiewicz, Marcin Masalski, Przemyslaw Bicek. Caries Research 2007 41: 296 (Abstract- European Organisation for Caries Research)
  8. Caries Detection by optimal clinical visual, radiographic, laser fluorescence and AC-Impedance Spectroscopy Technique
    C. Longbottom, A. F. Hall, A. Czajczynska-Waszkiewicz, N.B. Pitts, P. Los, S. Kochan, D. J. N. Ricketts. Caries Research 2007 41: 297 (Abstract - European Organisation for Caries Research)
  9. Method and device for bio-impedance measurement on hard-tissue applications,
    A Guimerà, E Calderón, P Los and A M Christie
    Physiological Measurement, 29, S279-S290 (2008)
  10. Diagnostic Accuracy of an Optimised AC Impedance Device to Aid Caries Detection and Monitoring
    N.B. Pitts, C. Longbottom, A.F. Hall, A. Czajczynska-Waszkiewicz, P. Los, M. Masalski, P. Biecek, A.M. Christie.
    Caries Res 2008;42:185-238