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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823180003321

Autore

Kidd Edwina A. M.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

0-19-105818-1

0-19-191686-2

0-19-105817-3

0-19-873826-9

Edizione

[4th edition.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

617.67

Soggetti

Dental caries

Dental caries - Prevention

CĂ ries dental

Odontologia

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.