Since caries on fissured surfaces account for over 80% of all caries on young permanent teeth, dental radiography may not effectively identify early non-cavitated lesions on critical tooth surfaces.

Previous studies investigating secondary caries diagnosis under various composite restorations did not assess the impact of caries location in the enamel and dentin on the diagnosis 1, 4, 6, 15, 16.

HealthDay News — Cessation of public water fluoridation would increase tooth decay and health system costs in the United States, according to a study published online May 30 in JAMA Health Forum..

If left untreated, the opportunity to provide professional or self-care practices to arrest or reverse early caries lesions will be missed. The specificity of lesion detection is however relatively ...

Caries lesions activity was evaluated by assessment of clinical characteristics of the lesions in a single examination. For this purpose, we used the diagnostic criteria system proposed by Nyvad et al ...

Leukemia cutis causes rash-like lesions on the arms, legs, and torso, similar to those seen with eczema or psoriasis. The lesions can have various possible appearances, such as: Papules (bumps) ...

Overall caries incidence in enamel was 4 new lesions/100 surface-years (NL/100), and decreased over the period. Incidence of progression from enamel to dentine was 4.7 NL/100 and also decreased.

New research suggests that removing fluoride from America's public water systems would increase tooth decay in children and costs for dental care. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F ...

In this non-inferiority study, forty extracted human teeth with International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) level 1 and 2 smooth-surface lesions were evaluated in standard operatory ...