Providing information about the most recent international developments in minimal tissue intervention methods, including the use of fluoride, ozone, and mild chemical treatments. In particular, the safety and efficacy of a novel chemomechanical agent, Carisolv, is described. In addition, the text describes future trends in caries treatment, including a discussion about the possibility of using DNA chip analyses in dentistry.

ISBN: 0-86715-881-9
978-1-85097-046-0 , 9781850970460

368 pp; 274 illus (231 color)

Contents:
PART I. CARIES: ASPECTS ON MINIMAL INTERVENTION
1. Fluoride in Caries Prevention and Remineralization of Partially Demineralized Enamel and Dentin
E. Newbrun
2. Management of Primary Root Carious Using a Dentifrice with a High Fluoride Content
A. Baysan; E. Lynch
3. The Use of Ozone for the Management of Primary Root Carious Lesions
A. Baysan; E. Lynch; M. Grootveld
4. What is Absence of Caries?
E. Kidd; A. Banerjee
5. A Pharmaceutical Approach to the Management of Root Caries
E. Lynch; A. Baysan
6. Effects of Mild Chemical Treatments on Sound and Carious Dentin Surfaces
M. Goldberg
7. The Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) Approach
J.E. Frencken; C.J. Holmgren
8. Esthetic Direct Restorative Materials
E. Ehrnford
9. The Use of Tissue-Preserving Methods - Patient Perspectives: The "Average" Patient
D. Ericson

PART II. CHEMOMECHANICAL CARIES REMOVAL
10. Development of a Tissue Preserving Agent for Caries Removal
R. Bornstein; D. Ericson
11. Chemical Mode of Action of Carisolv™
S. Dahlin
12. Surface Chemistry after Caries Removal with Carisolv™ or Burrs
A. Arvidsson
13. SEM Analyses of Dentin Surfaces
A. Arvidsson; L. Carlsson
14. Topographical Analyses of Tooth Surfaces after Carisolv™ Treatment
A. Wennerberg; A Arvidsson
15. Reactions of Oral Mucous Membrances to Carisolv™
A Wennerberg
16. The Effect of Carisolv™ on Pulp Tissue
C. Young
17. Antibacterial Action of Carisolv™
S. Kneist; R. Heinrich-Weltzien
18. Clinical Research
I. Herrmann; P. Henry
19. Multicenter Studies
U. Brodin; M. Zimmerman
20. The Use of Carisolv™ at a University Clinic
D. Ericson
21. The Use of Carisolv™ at the Clinic of a Private Practitioner
S. Toreskog
22. Deep Cavities
R. Heinrich-Weltzien; S. Kneist
23. Root Surface Caries
S. Fure
24. Carisolv™ in Modern Pediatric Dental Care
H. Raber; M. Grindefjord
25. Carisolv™ in Pediatric Restorative Dentistry
J.C. Ramos; M.J. Silva
26. Maintaining Fragile Barriers
M. Zimmerman
27. Carisolv™ Treatment in Mentally Disabled Patients
G. Molina

PART III. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
28. Caries Prevalence and Trends: The Global Scene
D. Bratthall; J. Ramanathan Stjernswärd
29. Future Perspectives
R. Bornstein; D. Ericson
30. Cariology of the Future: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies
N. Strömberg; I. Johansson; C Källestål