Table of Contents
Contributors
Part I Dental caries: what is it and how widespread is it globally?
Chapter 1 Prologue
Chapter 2 Dental caries: what is it?
Chapter 3 Clinical features of caries lesions
Chapter 4 How big is the problem? Epidemiological features of dental caries
Part II The caries lesion and its biological determinants
Chapter 5 Pathology of dental caries
Chapter 6 Saliva and caries development
Chapter 7 Biofilms in caries development
Chapter 8 Diet and dental caries
Chapter 9 Demineralization and remineralization: the key to understanding clinical manifestations of dental caries
Part III Diagnosis
Chapter 10 The foundations of good diagnostic practice
Chapter 11 Visual–tactile caries diagnosis
Chapter 12 Additional caries detection methods
Part IV Controlling dental caries
Chapter 13 The caries control concept
Chapter 14 Fluorides in caries control
Chapter 15 The role of oral hygiene
Chapter 16 Are antibacterials necessary in caries prophylaxis?
Chapter 17 The principles of caries control for the individual patient
Chapter 18 Caries control for frail elders
Part V Operative intervention
Chapter 19 Classical restorative or the minimally invasive concept?
Chapter 20 Caries ‘removal’ and the pulpo dentinal complex
Chapter 21 Longevity of restorations: ‘the death spiral
Part VI From chair side to population caries control
Chapter 22 Caries prevention and control in low and middle income countries
Chapter 23 How accurately can we assess the risk for developing caries lesions?
Chapter 24 Caries control in low caries populations
Chapter 25 Epilogue. Controlling the global burden of dental caries: the evidence calls for a reorganization of the oral health care system