Descripción del proyecto
Detección de caries mediante una innovadora tecnología de escaneado intraoral
La caries, que afecta a dos mil millones de adultos y quinientos millones de niños en todo el mundo, representa una importante carga sanitaria y económica. Los métodos de diagnóstico actuales, basados en el examen visual y la radiografía dental, pueden pasar por alto lesiones sutiles y conllevar riesgos de exposición a la radiación. Estas deficiencias dificultan el seguimiento oportuno y preciso de la progresión de la caries. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto IOSC, financiado con fondos europeos, utilizará el escaneado intraoral basado en la tecnología de fluorescencia e infrarrojos para realizar un seguimiento preciso. Dirigido por la Universidad de Malta, el equipo del proyecto realizará ensayos clínicos para evaluar la precisión de esta tecnología frente a los métodos convencionales. Los resultados prometen una vigilancia más segura y no invasiva. Ya sea para afirmarla o para reajustarla, esta investigación dará forma a la atención odontológica futura.
Objetivo
Caries disease is a global health and economy burden experienced by 2 billion of adults and 500 millions of children around the world. Visual exam and dental radiography are the standard methods for diagnosing and monitoring dental caries and present shortcomings: subtle lesions of caries cannot be visual or radiographically detected and are highly sensitive to the examiner; besides it, X-rays involve ionizing radiation which limits monitoring at small intervals and has structures superimposition. Recently, TRIOS 4 (3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark) intraoral scanning (IOS) brings caries aid monitoring tool based on fluorescence and infrared technologies. Despite in vitro studies suggesting its applicability, there is no clinical evidence of its accuracy (true positives and negatives). In this context, the goal of this project is to clinically assess the accuracy of this novel approach for detecting and monitoring dental caries. After ethics approval, I will examine patient’s teeth under dental caries treatment in Faculty of Dental Surgery of University of Malta using visual exam and dental radiography, then I will scan teeth with TRIOS 4 IOS using fluorescence and infrared technologies. Using these clinical digital data, I will output: 1) the accuracy of TRIOS4 compared with standard methods; 2) if the result changes between professionals - in a multicentre approach. If firmly established, it will be a way to change caries monitoring in a safe and non-invasive approach; if not, it will provide scientific evidence for improvement, future studies and development of new tools. The results will be interesting for scientist, dentists, industry and citizens, as caries is a common disease with high global prevalence. For reaching such audience, communication, dissemination and exploitation is planned using open access practices through data repository, green and gold routes, as well as in mass media.
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Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaRégimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
2080 MSIDA
Malta