title: Proactive intervention dentistry: a model for oral care through life.
abstract: Tools and techniques are available to oral care providers that have been found to be effective in reversing and controlling the caries process. In addition to fluoride, these tools include new remineralization therapies that can be incorporated into solutions, creams, and dentifrices, and bioactive restorative materials that work effectively with dental hard tissues. By incorporating such "proactive interventions" into their practice and educating patients on maintaining a daily oral hygiene regimen, clinicians can inhibit the multifactorial disease process of demineralization and caries before more extensive treatment becomes necessary.
authors: Case Western Reserve, SUNY Buffalo, USA.
authors: Fay
authors: F
authors: Goldstep
mesh_terms: D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002364:Caseins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005459:Fluorides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005898:Glass; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000379:methods; D012823:Silicate Cement / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017640:Silicates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014089:Tooth Remineralization / Q000379:methods*; D014993:Xylitol / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D002364:Caseins; D005899:Glass Ionomer Cements; C510984:NovaMin; D017640:Silicates; C447032:casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate nanocomplex; D012823:Silicate Cement; C506393:tricalcium silicate; C018392:tricalcium phosphate; D005459:Fluorides; D014993:Xylitol