A WORK ON OPERATIVE DENTISTRY: THE PATHOLOGY OF THE HARD TISSUES OF THE TEETH
Part I The disease and its diagnosis 1 1 Defining the disease: an introduction 1 2 Clinical appearances of caries lesions 5 3 Pathology of dental caries 17 4 Visual·tactile caries diagnosis 47 5 Radiography for caries diagnosis 67 6 Additional diagnostic measures 87 7 The foundations of good diagnostic practice 100 Part II Clinical caries epidemiology 118 8 The epidemiology of dental caries 118 9 The impact of diagnostic criteria on estimates of prevalence, extent and 141 severity of dental caries Part III Dental caries in a biological context 154 10 The oral microflora and biofilms on teeth 154 11 The role of saliva 179 12 Chemical interactions between the tooth and oral fluids 198 13 Erosion of the teeth 221 Part IV Non-operative therapy 235 17 Might caries control involve immunization and gene therapy? 235 18 Fluorides in caries control 243 19 The role of dietary control 284 Part V Operative intervention 308 20 The role of operative treatment in caries control 308 21 Caries removal and the pulpo-dentinal complex 319 22 Restoring the tooth: ·the seal is the deal· 336 23 The atraumatic restorative treatment approach 377 24 Longevity of restorations: the ·death spiral· 392 Part VI Caries control and prediction 405 25 Clinical decision making: technical solutions to biological problems or 405 evidence-based caries management? 26 Promoting oral health in populations 420 27 Caries control for the individual patient 432 28 Caries control for populations 450 29 Caries prediction 472 30 Preventing dental caries: what are the costs? 488 Part VII Dentistry in the twenty-first century 498 31 Variation in clinical decision making related to caries 498 32 ·for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health ·· The role of dentistry 518 in controlling caries and periodontitis globally