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No treatment; when dental caries are detected in deciduous teeth some clinicians may choose to leave the tooth to monitor progression and wait for further caries progression until doing an invasive procedure. Alternatively, the clinician may choose to leave caries as the tooth may be likely to exfoliate soon, dependent on the child's age. [33]
Plaque hypotheses are theories to explain the role of plaque bacteria in dental caries and in periodontal disease. They rely heavily on the postulates of Koch (formulated in 1884) and on the work of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895). Changing perceptions have altered treatment models.
Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) [1] is a method for cleaning out tooth decay (dental caries) from teeth using only hand instruments (dental hatchet and spoon-excavator) and placing a filling. It does not use rotary dental instruments ( dental drills ) to prepare the tooth and can be performed in settings with no access to dental equipment.
A caries vaccine is a vaccine to prevent and protect against tooth decay. [1] Streptococcus mutans ( S. mutans ) has been identified as the major etiological agent of human dental caries. The development of a vaccine for tooth decay has been under investigation since the 1970s.
Minimal intervention (MI) dentistry is a modern dental practice designed around the principal aim of preservation of as much of the natural tooth structure as possible. It uses a disease-centric philosophy that directs attention to first control and management of the disease that causes tooth decay—dental caries—and then to relief of the residual symptoms it has left behind—the decayed ...
It is sometimes used in the management of dental caries as a "temporary filling". ZOE cements were introduced in the 1890s. ZOE cements were introduced in the 1890s. Zinc oxide eugenol is also used as an impression material during construction of complete dentures and is used in the mucostatic technique of taking impressions , usually in a ...
Enamel hypoplasia is a risk factor for dental caries in children including early childhood caries (ECC), which continues to be a burden for many children. This association has been identified as significant and independent, and is believed that the formation of pits and missing enamel provides a suitable local environment for adhesion and ...
Dental caries is a dental biofilm-related oral disease associated with increased consumption of dietary sugar and fermentable carbohydrates. When dental biofilms remain on tooth surfaces, along with frequent exposure to sugars, acidogenic bacteria (members of dental biofilms) will metabolize the sugars to organic acids.