Table of Contents

Contributors

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

Chapter 1 Prologue

Chapter 2 Dental caries: what is it?

Chapter 3 Clinical features of caries lesions

Chapter 4 How big is the problem? Epidemiological features of dental caries

Part II The caries lesion and its biological determinants

Chapter 5 Pathology of dental caries

Chapter 6 Saliva and caries development

Chapter 7 Biofilms in caries development

Chapter 8 Diet and dental caries

Chapter 9 Demineralization and remineralization: the key to understanding clinical manifestations of dental caries

Part III Diagnosis

Chapter 10 The foundations of good diagnostic practice

Chapter 11 Visual–tactile caries diagnosis

Chapter 12 Additional caries detection methods

Part IV Controlling dental caries

Chapter 13 The caries control concept

Chapter 14 Fluorides in caries control

Chapter 15 The role of oral hygiene

Chapter 16 Are antibacterials necessary in caries prophylaxis?

Chapter 17 The principles of caries control for the individual patient

Chapter 18 Caries control for frail elders

Part V Operative intervention

Chapter 19 Classical restorative or the minimally invasive concept?

Chapter 20 Caries ‘removal’ and the pulpo dentinal complex

Chapter 21 Longevity of restorations: ‘the death spiral

Part VI From chair side to population caries control

Chapter 22 Caries prevention and control in low and middle income countries

Chapter 23 How accurately can we assess the risk for developing caries lesions?

Chapter 24 Caries control in low caries populations

Chapter 25 Epilogue. Controlling the global burden of dental caries: the evidence calls for a reorganization of the oral health care system