Intelligent Data Analysis

6A Systematic Review on the Evolution of Dental Caries Detection Methods and Its Significance in Data Analysis Perspective

Soma Datta¹, Nabendu Chaki¹, and Biswajit Modak²

¹Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

²Department of Dental Science, Nabadwip State General Hospital, Nabadwip, West Bengal, India

6.1 Introduction

Dental caries is the most familiar oral disease. It is a painful bacterial disease caused mainly by Streptococcus mutants, acid, and carbohydrates. If caries remains untreated then it affects the root of the teeth. The World Health Organization (WHO) report [1] reveals that 98% adults and 60–90% [2] of school children are suffering from dental caries. It is an infectious and chronic disease that can affect us at any age. In the near future it will be an epidemic.

6.1.1 Analysis of Dental Caries

The problems behind dental caries include unhealthy oral conditions and negligence of teeth care, like brushing at least twice in a day, wash full mouth after smoking, etc. There are some general symptoms of dental caries like tooth pain, sensitivity due to hot and cold, bleeding from gums, pain during chewing the food, etc. Multiple factors are responsible to increase the growth rate of dental caries. These are teeth condition, saliva, plaque, time, and food habits [3–8].

• Teeth condition. Teeth structure differs from man to man. If there is gap in between two teeth, this increases the probability of caries. The reason ...