Summary: Topic 10: Cariology

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  • 1 Caries risk assessment and caries diagnosis

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  • How can the progression of dental caries be limited?

    Since it is rarely self-limiting, it requires regular disturbance of dental plaque on the site 
  • Do dental caries progress fast or slow?

    Slow progression
  • What are the prerequisites to dental caries?

    Biofilm
    Plaque
    Fermentable carbohydrates
    Susceptible tooth surface
    Tooth
  • What are risk factors that directly contribute to caries development?

    1. Tooth
    2. Time
    3. Bacteria in biofilm
    4. Diet (amount, composition, frequency)
  • What are oral environmental factors that can contribute to caries development?

    1. Saliva (buffer capacity, composition, flow rate)
    2. Protein
    3. Sugars (clearance rate, frequency)
    4. Calcium and phosphate
    5. Plaque pH
    6. Microbial species
    7. Chewing gum
    8. Flouride
    9. Dental sealants
    10. Antibacterial agents    
  • What are personal factors that can contribute to caries development?

    1. Sociodemographic status
    2. Income
    3. Dental insurance coverage
    4. Knowledge
    5. Attitudes
    6. Oral health literacy
    7. Behaviour (oral hygiene, snacking)
    8. Education
  • How do personal factors, oral environmental factors, and factors that directly contribute to caries development interplay?

    Personal factors (outermost circle) contribute to oral environmental factors (middle circle), which in turn contribute to direct factors of caries development (innermost circle).
  • What is needed for good caries diagnosis?

    Dry surface
    Good lighting 
    Blunt probe    
  • What are visual cues to look out for clinically and raidographically in terms of caries?

    Clinically
    1. Colour
    2. Texture 
    Radiographically
    1. Radiolucency (darker on x-ray image)   
  • What are four characteristic of a tooth that have to be considered to confirm caries?

    Cavitated
    Active (soft upon probing, yellow or brown)
    Inactive (hard black region = arrested decay)
    Into dentine 
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