title: Caries management.
abstract: This article has attempted to gather up the evidence presented in the rest of this issue to give dentists a practical overview of the management of the carious process. The major points are that a caries risk assessment is not only logical, it is achievable; management of caries is by preventive treatment, but operative dentistry has a role to play; in the final analysis, it is the patient who manages caries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Conservative Dentistry, Dental School of Guy's and King's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kidd
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003733:Dental Caries Susceptibility; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D018570:Risk Assessment