color contrast: black vs dark brown/light brown/yellow vs hardness contrast: soft vs medium/hard
total microbial load (log10 CFU) · humans with open primary dentine caries
In one study, hardness category differences exceeded color category differences; no meta-analysis was conducted.
1 finding from 1 review
- Reliability of colour and hardness clinical examinations in detecting dentine caries severity: a systematic review and… 2019 All outcomesin vivo dental clinical examinations · B-DB/LB/Y vs S-M/Hno estimate extracted1 study · 59 participantsGRADE not reported