Dilemmas in caries diagnosis.
New criteria and methods are needed to identify the changing expression of caries and to classify carious lesions into categories keyed to treatment strategies. Symposium speakers identified these problems and reviewed the changing philosophy of diagnosis.
Bader
J D
JD
Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Brown
J P
JP
D003731:Dental Caries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003732:Dental Caries Activity Tests; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000379:methods; D014172:Transillumination