Essentials of dental caries / Edwina A. Kidd, Ole Fejerskov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kidd, Edwina A. M., author.

Fejerskov, Ole, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dental caries.

Dental caries--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

4th edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The causes of dental decay (caries) and the means of diagnosing, preventing and treating the problem as soon as possible are dealt with from both a scientific and practical way in this textbook for dental workers, educationalists and therapists.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. How does a caries lesion develop?

3. Detection, diagnosis, and recording in the clinic

4. Control of caries lesion development and progression

5. When should a dentist restore a cavity?

6. Communicating with the patient and trying to influence behaviour

7. Caries control for the patients with active lesions

8. Caries control in populations

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

ISBN:

0-19-105818-1

0-19-191686-2

0-19-105817-3

0-19-873826-9