Surface Caries Feature Study

Launched by 3SHAPE A/S · Jul 1, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying new ways to help dentists find cavities (also called dental caries) more easily and accurately. Cavities happen when the surface of your teeth breaks down, which can cause pain if not treated. Dentists usually check for cavities by looking at your teeth, feeling them with tools, and sometimes using x-rays or pictures. This study is testing a new technology that uses special cameras called intraoral scanners, which take detailed pictures inside your mouth without any pain or radiation. The goal is to gather information that will help create a computer program using artificial intelligence (AI) to assist dentists in spotting cavities faster and more accurately.

If you are 18 years or older, have at least 15 natural teeth, and have at least one cavity that has formed a noticeable hole (called a cavitated lesion), you might be able to join this study. You should be generally healthy and seeking dental treatment. People with braces, permanent retainers, or certain health conditions, as well as pregnant women, cannot participate. If you join, you will be asked to agree to the study, and the dentist will use the new scanner and other usual methods to examine your teeth. This research is not yet recruiting participants, but it aims to improve how dentists detect cavities, which could make dental visits easier and improve dental care in the future.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study
• • Male or female, aged 18 years or above
• • Patients looking for dental treatment
• • Good general health (i.e. absence of any condition that the Principal Investigator evaluates as a risk either to the subject or to the data quality)
• • Able (in the Investigator's opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements.
• • Minimum of 15 natural teeth without crowns
• • At least one cavitated caries lesion
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with orthodontic appliances and permanent retainers
• • Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study)
• • Patients who are not able or willing to sign the Informed Consent
• • Patients who are currently pregnant. A urine pregnancy test will be administered during the study visit for woman who could be pregnant