title: The contemporary approach to tooth preservation: minimum intervention (MI) caries management in general practice.
abstract: The minimum intervention (MI) approach summarises a clinical, evidence-based rationale for the preventive and cause-related approach to oral diseases in general and to caries in particular. MI oral care with respect to the management of patients suffering from dental caries is a concept based on an updated understanding of the histopathological carious process as well as the development of diagnostic technologies and adhesive, bioactive restorative materials. A patient-centred MI care plan for use in general dental practice is described, detailing the four phases of identifying disease, controlling/preventing disease, refurbishing/repairing tooth surfaces/restorations and recall consultations.
authors: King's College Dental Institute at Guy's Hospital, King's Health Partners, London.
authors: Avijit
authors: A
authors: Banerjee
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Doméjean
mesh_terms: D057087:Dental Atraumatic Restorative Treatment; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058250:Dental Restoration Repair; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000379:methods*; D003945:Diagnosis, Oral / Q000379:methods; D005792:General Practice, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014089:Tooth Remineralization; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants