DENTAL CARIES ABSTRACT
Dental
caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease
that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard
tissues. Caries can occur throughout life, both in primary and permanent
dentitions, and can damage the tooth crown and, in later life, exposed root
surfaces. The balance between pathological and protective factors influences
the initiation and progression of caries. This interplay between factors
underpins the classification of individuals and groups into caries risk
categories, allowing an increasingly tailored approach to care. Dental caries
is an unevenly distributed, preventable disease with considerable economic and
quality-of-life burdens. The daily use of fluoride toothpaste is seen as the
main reason for the overall decline of caries worldwide over recent decades.
This Primer aims to provide a global overview of caries, acknowledging the
historical era dominated by restoration of tooth decay by surgical means, but
focuses on current, progressive and more holistic long-term, patient-centred,
tooth-preserving preventive care.
DENTAL CARIES ABSTRACT
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