10.1055/b-0034-84419 Microinvasive Therapy: 16 Sealing of Approximal Surfaces Stefania Martignon, Kim Ekstrand The general decrease in caries experience among children and adolescents in the past 30 years1 is based on…
10.1055/b-0034-84409 Diagnostics and Epidemiology: 6 Radiographic and Other Additional Diagnostic Methods Rainer Haak, Michael J. Wicht Many sites that have a predilection for caries naturally lie in regions of the…
10.1055/b-0034-84405 The Disease: 2 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Caries Peter Shellis As described in Chapter 1, teeth are continuously bathed in saliva, one of the main functions of which is…
10.1055/b-0034-84408 Diagnostics and Epidemiology: 5 Visual–Tactile Detection and Assessment Kim R. Ekstrand, Stefania Martignon The terms detection and assessment with respect to caries lesions have not been widely adopted so…
10.1055/b-0034-84411 Diagnostics and Epidemiology: 8 Epidemiology of Caries and Noncarious Defects U. Schiffner The early chapters of this book (Chapters 1–3) dealt with the fundamental ecology of the oral cavity…
10.1055/b-0034-84410 Diagnostics and Epidemiology: 7 Caries Risk Assessment and Prediction Cor van Loveren The terminology associated with assessing or predicting future development of caries can easily lead to confusion. Throughout…
10.1055/b-0034-84407 The Disease: 4 Paradigm Shift in Cariology Sebastian Paris, Hendrik Meyer-Lueckel The previous chapters have addressed the etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical appearance of caries. This brief chapter will discuss…
