Dental caries : the disease and its clinical management / edited by Ole Fejerskov, Bente Nyvad, Edwina Kidd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dental caries : what is it? / O. Fejerskov, B. Nyvad & E. Kidd -- Clinical features / O. Fejerskov & B. Nyvad -- How big is the problem : epidemiological features of dental caries / V. Baelum & O. Fejerskov -- Pathology of dental caries / O. Fejerskov -- Saliva and caries development / A. Bardow & A. Vissink -- Biofilms in caries development / P. Marsh, N.Takahashi & B. Nyvad -- Diet and dental caries / C. van Loveren & P. Lingstrom -- De- and remineralization : the key to understand clinical manifestations of dental caries / O. Fejerskov & M. Joost Larsen -- The foundations of good diagnostic practice / V.Baelum, B. Nyvad, H.-G. GruÌn̂dahl & O.Fejerskov -- Visual/tactile caries detection / B. Nyvad, V. Machiulskiene, V. Soviero & V Baelum -- Additional caries detection measures / H. Hintze, A. Lussi, F. Cuisinier & B. Nyvad -- The caries control concept / B. Nyvad & O. Fejerskov -- Fluorides in caries control / O. Fejerskov, J. A. Cury, L. M. Tenuta & V.C. Marinho -- Does oral hygiene matter? / B. Nyvad -- Is antimicrobial treatment necessary? / A.A. Sheie , H.V. Rukke & F.C. Petersen -- The principles of caries control for the individual patient / B. Nyvad & E.A.M. Kidd -- Caries control for frail elders / M. I. MacEntee, S. R. Bryant, H. Keller, C. Nguyen & C. S. Yao -- Classical restorative or the minimally invasive concept / E.A.M. Kidd, J. Frencken, C. Splieth, N. Opdam & B. Nyvad -- Caries'removal' and the pulpo-dentinal complex / E.A.M. Kidd, L. BjuÌr̂ndal & O. Fejerskov -- Longevity of restoration / V. Qvist -- Caries control in low- and middle income countries / W. van Palenstein Helderman, H. Benzian, B. Monse & C. Holmgren -- Caries risk assessment vs. prediction / H. Hausen & V. Baelum -- Caries control in low- caries populations in high-income countries / H. Hausen, M. JuÌŝsing & O. Fejerskov -- 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 & E.A.M. Kidd.