Dental Caries is a kind of chronic oral disease that greatly threaten human being's health.
Though dentists and researchers struggled for decades to combat this oral disease, the …

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a significant chronic disease of childhood and a rising public
health burden worldwide. ECC may cause a higher risk of new caries lesions in both primary …

Background This article presents evidence-based clinical recommendations for the use of pit-
and-fissure sealants on the occlusal surfaces of primary and permanent molars in children …

Dental caries is a transmissible bacterial disease process caused by acids from bacterial
metabolism diffusing into enamel and dentine and dissolving the mineral. The bacteria …

The International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) is a clinical scoring
system which allows detection and assessment of caries activity. ICDAS was developed for …

This paper reviews some common methods for the assessment of caries risk. It also
describes a new way of illustrating the caries risk profile of an individual, the Cariogram …

In M ay 2012, cariologists, dentists, representatives of dental organizations, manufacturers,
and third party payers from several countries, met in P hiladelphia, P ennsylvania, to define …

Background Caries management historically has focused on the removal of cavitated
carious tissue and restoration of the tooth. Overview Assessing a patient's risk of developing …

Aim To critically appraise evidence for the prediction of caries using four caries risk
assessment (CRA) systems/guidelines (C ariogram, Caries Management by Risk …

The aim of this article is to present a practical caries risk assessment procedure and form for
patients who are age 6 through adult. The content of the form and the procedures have been …