Dental Caries

Contributors

Part I Dental caries: what is it and how widespread is it globally?

Chapter 1 Prologue
O. Fejerskov, B. Nyvad, and E.A.M. Kidd

Chapter 2 Dental caries: what is it?
O. Fejerskov, B. Nyvad, and E.A.M. Kidd

Chapter 3 Clinical features of caries lesions
O. Fejerskov and B. Nyvad

Chapter 4 How big is the problem? Epidemiological features of dental caries
V. Baelum and O. Fejerskov

Part II The caries lesion and its biological determinants

Chapter 5 Pathology of dental caries
O. Fejerskov

Chapter 6 Saliva and caries development
A. Bardow and A. Vissink

Chapter 7 Biofilms in caries development
P.D. Marsh, N. Takahashi, and B. Nyvad

Chapter 8 Diet and dental caries
C. van Loveren and P. Lingström

Chapter 9 Demineralization and remineralization: the key to understanding clinical manifestations of dental caries
O. Fejerskov and M.J. Larsen

Part III Diagnosis

Chapter 10 The foundations of good diagnostic practice
V. Baelum, B. Nyvad, H.]G. Gröndahl, and O. Fejerskov

Chapter 11 Visual–tactile caries diagnosis
B. Nyvad, V. Machiulskiene, V.M. Soviero, and V. Baelum

Chapter 12 Additional caries detection methods
H. Hintze, A. Lussi, F. Cuisinier, and B. Nyvad

Part IV Controlling dental caries

Chapter 13 The caries control concept
B. Nyvad and O. Fejerskov

Chapter 14 Fluorides in caries control
O. Fejerskov, J.A. Cury, L.M. Tenuta, and V.C. Marinho

Chapter 15 The role of oral hygiene
B. Nyvad

Chapter 16 Are antibacterials necessary in caries prophylaxis?
A.A. Scheie, H.V. Rukke, and F.C. Petersen

Chapter 17 The principles of caries control for the individual patient
B. Nyvad and E.A.M. Kidd

Chapter 18 Caries control for frail elders
M.I. MacEntee, S.R. Bryant, H. Keller, C.T. Nguyen, and C.S. Yao

Part V Operative intervention

Chapter 19 Classical restorative or the minimally invasive concept?
E.A.M. Kidd, J. Frencken, B. Nyvad, C.H. Splieth, and N.J.M. Opdam

Chapter 20 Caries ‘removal’ and the pulpo]dentinal complex
E.A.M. Kidd, L. Bjørndal, and O. Fejerskov

Chapter 21 Longevity of restorations: ‘the death spiral’
V. Qvist

Part VI From chair]side to population caries control

Chapter 22 Caries prevention and control in low] and middle]income countries
W. van Palenstein Helderman, C. Holmgren, B. Monse, and H. Benzian

Chapter 23 How accurately can we assess the risk for developing caries lesions?
H. Hausen and V. Baelum

Chapter 24 Caries control in low]caries populations
H. Hausen, M. Jøssing, and O. Fejerskov

Chapter 25 Epilogue. Controlling the global burden of dental caries: the evidence calls for a reorganization of the oral health]care system
O. Fejerskov, V. Baelum, B. Nyvad, and E.A.M. Kidd

Index