carious lesion


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car·i·ous le·sion

(karē-ŭs lēzhŭn)
Decayed area on the tooth crown or root.
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Treatment decisions for deep carious lesions in the Public Health Service in Southern Brazil.
Factors Affecting the Decision-Making of Direct Pulp Capping Procedures Amongst Turkish Dental Practitioners
In a study, the detection of carious lesions beneath three different ceramic restorations (zirconia, lithium disilicate, metal supported ceramic) with CBCT was investigated.
Recent Methods for Diagnosis of Dental Caries in Dentistry/Dis Hekimliginde Guncel Curuk Tani Yontemleri
Over half of the respondents agreed that many patients would not accept the treatment of dental caries with SDF due to the permanent black staining of the carious lesion. This may be an assumption by respondents who feel that patients are biased by the media, marketing the importance of esthetic appearance.
Perceptions of registered dental hygienists in alternative practice regarding silver diamine fluoride
EPMA studies have shown that the fluoride ions in Riva Star penetrate through a carious lesion into the sound dentine beneath at concentrations up to 2 percent, effectively killing all the bacteria within the lesion and creating a high fluoride layer of arrested caries turning the carious dentine into a decay resisC...
The Pharmacological Management of Dental Caries
Yiu, "Effect of different fluoride varnishes on remineralization of artificial enamel carious lesions," International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, vol.
Efficacy of Fluoride Varnishes with Added Calcium Phosphate in the Protection of the Structural and Mechanical Properties of Enamel
They are especially valuable for initial carious lesions, abfractions/erosions/abrasions and for caries control in a high caries risk patients.
Remineralization: an approach towards conservation of tooth
mutans CVCM 656 strain were diagnosed with carious lesions, representing 37% of the total number of treated teeth.
Efecto del fluoruro diamino de plata en caries inducida en ratas Wistar
Briefly, patients (n = 18) with permanent molars with carious lesions located in the middle third of the dentin were selected [23].
Genotypic diversity and virulence traits of Streptococcus mutans isolated from carious dentin after partial caries removal and sealing
Early childhood caries (ECC) is the presence of one or more cavitated or non-cavitated carious lesions before a child's sixth birthday.
Rationale for restoration of carious primary teeth: a review
In this regard, the Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are the microorganisms associated most frequently to development of carious lesions (4) due to their capacity of adhering to the enamel surface and forming a bio-film facilitated by extracellular polysaccharides they produce by using sugar in the diet as a substrate, which favors demineralization measured by the acid products from bacterial metabolism (5).
Reaccion en cadena de la polimerasa para la deteccion de Streptococcus mutans y Streptococcus sobrinus en placa dental de preescolares de Cartagena, Colombia
The acid attack that initiates a carious lesion begins the process of decay by dissolving apatite crystals from a tooth surface.
Rinsing away decay; while new inroads in chemical dentistry aren't likely to make the dentist's drill obsolete, they may reduce the need for drilling and even more serious dental work
The main focus in Pediatric Dentistry is to preserve the vitality of the deciduous tooth so it can continue to function normally until its natural exfoliation.1 When carious lesion advances near the pulpal tissue, an inflammatory reaction is initiated.
COMPARISON OF MINERAL TRIOXIDE AGGREGATE AND FORMOCRESOL AS PULPOTOMY AGENT IN PRIMARY MOLAR TEETH: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

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