Get acquainted with the colors visible on the screen of your dental imaging device by fluorescence to make your dental diagnosis.

What represent the white, blue, red or black areas which can been seen on the tooth?

According to the pathologies of the tooth (destructured enamel, affected dentine, anfractuous fissure, presence of a crown…), the signal of fluorescence of the dentine will be different (weaker, darker, redder, absent…)

Does SOPROLIFE generates « False alerts »?

When SOPROLIFE generates a red fluorescence in a fissure, it is either due to a caries or to organic deposits.
In this case a cleaning (pounce bag, air abrasion linked to Na bicarbonate ) is advised only in the suspicious fissure in order to avoid a falser alert.

Why is the tooth green on the screen?

The spectrum of the signal of fluorescence (let’s call it "its color") is rather in the green when the dentine is healthy and red/dark when the dentine is infected.

Why is the level of intensity of the signal of fluorescence +/- high from one patient to another?

The light must cross the enamel to excite the dentine.
Following this excitation, the dentine send back a signal of fluorescence which must cross the enamel to be interpreted. The thicker the enamel is, the weaker the signal of fluorescence is. The intensity of the green light will be weaker and gradually tinted with blue (because of the way through enamel). This is the case for the cusps.