Detection and Assessment of Dental Caries A Clinical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ferreira Zandona, Andrea (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Longbottom, Christopher (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Dentistry.

This book explains how to optimize clinical conditions for detection of the earliest visible signs of dental caries and how best to assess caries activity as a basis for effective management. The available evidence from the literature on detection criteria and methods is distilled and placed in a cl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• How to prepare teeth for a clinical examination for caries lesions
• Where to look for caries lesions
• The Visual Signs of Caries
• Additional Detection Methods as Aids to Caries Lesion Diagnosis
• What is Caries Activity and how do we assess it?
• Concluding Remarks
• Definitions.