Glass-Ionomer Cements as Restorative and Preventive Materials
This article focuses on glass-ionomer cement (GIC) and its role in the clinical management of caries. It begins with a brief description of GIC, the mechanism of fluoride release and…
Treatment Protocols: Nonfluoride Management of the Caries Disease Process and Available Diagnostics
This article reviews the evidence for saliva diagnostics and some antibacterial concepts with potential to interfere with the caries process. It concludes that there is incomplete evidence to evaluate the…
Assessment and Management of Dental Erosion
Studies have shown a growing trend toward increasing prevalence of dental erosion, associated with the declining prevalence of caries disease in industrialized countries. Erosion is an irreversible chemical process that…
The Chemistry of Caries: Remineralization and Demineralization Events with Direct Clinical Relevance
Dental caries is a site-specific disease that undergoes many cycles of demineralization and remineralization during lesion development. Because of its developmental characteristics dynamics, the caries lesion can be arrested and…
Clinical Threshold for Carious Tissue Removal
There would appear to be little logic in the current practice of caries removal. Biologically, it would appear to be potentially damaging even to attempt to remove all infected dentin…
Strategies for Noninvasive Demineralized Tissue Repair
This article provides a state-of-the-art overview of clinically relevant evidence regarding effective, noninvasive management strategies to prevent, arrest, and remineralize caries lesions. With the rapidly increasing knowledge about oral biofilms…
The Caries Environment: Saliva, Pellicle, Diet, and Hard Tissue Ultrastructure
The pathogenicity of the dental biofilm is modified by salivary and dietary factors, as well as by the characteristics of the tooth structure. The composition of the acquired pellicle can…
Detection Activity Assessment and Diagnosis of Dental Caries Lesions
This article reviews the current methods for detection and assessment of caries lesions focusing on applicability for daily clinical practice. The end point is to arrive at a diagnosis for…
Microbiology of Dental Plaque Biofilms and Their Role in Oral Health and Caries
Dental plaque is the biofilm found naturally on teeth. Dental plaque is also implicated in dental caries, which is associated with shifts in the microbial balance of the biofilm resulting…
Defining Dental Caries for 2010 and Beyond
This introductory article provides an overview of the caries disease process that will help guide readers into the world of evidence-based caries management in the beginning of the twenty-first century…
