Defining Dental Caries for 2010 and Beyond - 04/08/11

Doi : 10.1016/j.cden.2010.03.007

Margherita Fontana, DDS, PhD ^a,^⁎ , Douglas A. Young, DDS, MS, MBA ^b, Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD ^c, Nigel B. Pitts, BDS, PhD, FDS, FFGDP, FFPH, FRSE ^d, Chris Longbottom, BDS, PhD ^d
^a Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1011 n University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
^b Department of Dental Practice, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 2155 Webster Street, Room 400, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
^c Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street (MC9480), New York, NY 10010, USA
^d Dental Health Services & Research Unit, Centre for Clinical Innovations, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee DD2 4BF, Scotland, UK

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Résumé

This introductory article provides an overview of the caries disease process that will help guide readers into the world of evidence-based caries management in the beginning of the twenty-first century and help them understand the ongoing need to update in this field. This issue of Dental Clinics of North America provides clinically relevant reviews, full of chair-side recommendations based on best available evidence, on epidemiology, nomenclature, disease process, and management. A glossary of common terms in cariology is included.

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Keywords : Dental caries, Definitions, Terminology, Glossary, Evidence base