Take two dentists: a tale of root caries

Dent Update. 2000 Jun;27(5):222-30. doi: 10.12968/denu.2000.27.5.222.

Abstract

Take two dentists, whose practices are about as different as they could possibly be, who both have a healthy respect for root caries. Our paper will start by describing these two practices and then review the literature to show what is known about the management of root caries. The paper ends by returning to the two dentists, who describe how the research reviewed in the literature may affect their work.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cariostatic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dental Care for Aged
  • Dental Caries Susceptibility
  • Dental Plaque / complications
  • Dental Plaque / prevention & control
  • Dental Prophylaxis
  • Dentists
  • Disease Progression
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Fluorides / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Institutional Practice
  • Medical History Taking
  • Middle Aged
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Prevalence
  • Private Practice
  • Risk Factors
  • Root Caries / diagnosis
  • Root Caries / etiology
  • Root Caries / physiopathology
  • Root Caries / prevention & control
  • Root Caries / therapy*
  • Social Environment
  • United Kingdom

Substances

  • Cariostatic Agents
  • Fluorides