Publisher's Synopsis
For many years, treatment of dental caries was synonymous with restorative therapy. The remarkable change in the intensity of this disease in the past decade has thrust nonoperative treatment or preventive treatment to the forefront of modern dentistry.
pThe preventive approach requires a more profound understanding of the biologic nature of dental caries than was needed when fillings were the only treatment technique available.
Current research has yielded a better understanding of the disease, and all chapters have been critically reviewed and new chapters added to provide readers with a comprehensive and updated view of dental caries.
