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An editor's guide to reading the book: The editors | |
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The Disease and its Diagnosis | |
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What is caries? - an introduction | |
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Clinical appearances of caries lesions | |
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Pathology of dental caries | |
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Visual/tactile caries diagnosis | |
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Radiography for caries diagnosis | |
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Additional diagnostic measures | |
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What is good diagnostic practice? | |
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Clinical Caries Epidemiology | |
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Epidemiology of dental caries | |
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The impact of diagnostic criteria on estimates of prevalence, extent, and severity of dental caries | |
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Dental Caries in a Biological Context | |
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The oral microflora and biofilms on teeth | |
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The role of saliva | |
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Chemical interaction between the tooth and oral fluids | |
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Erosion of the tooth | |
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Non-Operative Therapy | |
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The control of dental caries: non-operative treatment | |
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The role of oral hygiene | |
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Antimicrobials in caries control | |
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Might caries control involve immunization and gene-therapy? | |
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Fluorides in caries control | |
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The role of dietary control | |
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Operative Intervention | |
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The role of operative treatment | |
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Caries removal and the pulpo dentinal complex | |
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Restoring the tooth: "the seal is the deal" | |
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The Atraumatic Restorative Treatment Approach (ART) | |
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Longevity of restorations - "the death spiral" | |
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Caries Control and Prediction | |
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Clinical decision making: Technical solutions to biological problems or evidence-based caries management? | |
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Promoting Oral Health in Populations | |
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Caries control for the individual patient | |
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Caries control for populations | |
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Caries prediction | |
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Preventing dental caries - what are the costs? | |
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Dentistry in the 21st Century | |
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Variation in clinical decision making related to caries | |
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"For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health…": The role of dentistry in controlling caries and periodontitis globally | |
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