TRANSACTIONS OF THE PANAMA PACIFIC DENTAL CONGRESS

By EMILY JOHNSON

PART I THE DISEASE AND ITS DIAGNOSIS 1 DEFINING THE DISEASE: AN INTRODUCTION 2 CLINICAL APPEARANCES OF CARIES LESIONS 3 PATHOLOGY OF DENTAL CARIES 4 VISUAL–TACTILE CARIES DIAGNOSIS 5 RADIOGRAPHY FOR CARIES DIAGNOSIS 6 ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES 7 THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD DIAGNOSTIC PRACTICE PART II CLINICAL CARIES EPIDEMIOLOGY 8 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DENTAL CARIES 9 THE IMPACT OF DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ON ESTIMATES OF PREVALENCE, EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF DENTAL CARIES PART III DENTAL CARIES IN A BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT 10 THE ORAL MICROFLORA AND BIOFILMS ON TEETH 11 THE ROLE OF SALIVA 12 CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TOOTH AND ORAL FLUIDS 13 EROSION OF THE TEETH PART IV NON-OPERATIVE THERAPY 14 THE CONTROL OF DISEASE PROGRESSION: NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT 15 ROLE OF ORAL HYGIENE 16 ANTIMICROBIALS IN CARIES CONTROL 17 MIGHT CARIES CONTROL INVOLVE IMMUNIZATION AND GENE THERAPY? 18 FLUORIDES IN CARIES CONTROL 19 THE ROLE OF DIETARY CONTROL PART V OPERATIVE INTERVENTION 20 THE ROLE OF OPERATIVE TREATMENT IN CARIES CONTROL 21 CARIES REMOVAL AND THE PULPO-DENTINAL COMPLEX 22 RESTORING THE TOOTH: ‘THE SEAL IS THE DEAL’ 23 THE ATRAUMATIC RESTORATIVE TREATMENT APPROACH 24 LONGEVITY OF RESTORATIONS: THE ‘DEATH SPIRAL’ PART VI CARIES CONTROL AND PREDICTION 25 CLINICAL DECISION MAKING: TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OR EVIDENCE-BASED CARIES MANAGEMENT? 26 PROMOTING ORAL HEALTH IN POPULATIONS 27 CARIES CONTROL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENT 28 CARIES CONTROL FOR POPULATIONS 29 CARIES PREDICTION 30 PREVENTING DENTAL CARIES: WHAT ARE THE COSTS? PART VII DENTISTRY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 31 VARIATION IN CLINICAL DECISION MAKING RELATED TO CARIES 32 ‘FOR RICHER, FOR POORER, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH …’ THE ROLE OF DENTISTRY IN CONTROLLING CARIES AND PERIODONTITIS GLOBALLY