OBJECTIVE To assess the strength of the evidence describing the effectiveness of alternative strategies to the detection and management of early occlusal caries and suspected occlusal dentinal caries. METHODS Nine detection and intervention decision points were identified as being central to the management of early occlusal caries and suspected occlusal dentinal caries, or suspicious areas. F...

The management of occlusal caries still remains a major challenge for researchers as well as for general practitioners. The present paper reviews and discusses the most up-to-date knowledge and evidence of the biological principles guiding diagnosis, risk assessment, and management of the caries process on occlusal surfaces. In addition, it considers the whole spectrum of the caries process on ...

Dental caries is a transmissible pathologic infectious process in which a cariogenic biofilm, in the presence of a more pathological than protective oral status leads to demineralization of the hard dental tissues. The occlusal surface of posterior teeth represents, due to its anatomy, the most exposed place to dental caries. Even if the global ratio of such disease decreased in industrialized ...

UNLABELLED Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that affects most populations throughout the world and it is still the primary cause of oral pain and tooth loss. The occlusal surfaces of posterior teeth are the most vulnerable sites for dental caries due to their anatomy. Therefore, the aim of the following article is to summarize current knowledge on occlusal caries development and the po...

Management of the caries process on occlusal surfaces of permanent molars has proven a major challenge. The onset of caries on these surfaces takes place soon after their eruption, and the permanent first molars, followed by the second molars, remain the sites in the dentition which show the highest caries prevalence. This paper is structured in the form of questions and answers in which tradit...

Introduction: Hidden caries is a term used to describe occlusal dentine caries that is missed on a visual examination, but is large and demineralised enough to be detected by another exam for example, radiographs. Case report: This article reports a case of large dentine caries, which presented as to be a small pit-and-fissure carious lesion on the occlusal surface of the right mandibular perma...

Management of the caries process on occlusal surfaces of permanent molars has proven a major challenge. The onset of caries on these surfaces takes place soon after their eruption, and the permanent first molars, followed by the second molars, remain the sites in the dentition which show the highest caries prevalence. This paper is structured in the form of questions and answers in which tradit...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between developmental changes in sagittal occlusion and the presence of caries on the occlusal surface of the lower first permanent molars. Dental casts were taken from 60 children at 2-monthly dental examinations after the emergence of the lower first molars through to when they reached 22 years of age. Data on the state of the o...

Mario D. Ramos: Comparison of clinical and digital radiographic detection of occlusal and proximal dental caries in caries-active adults. (Under the direction of Dr. André V. Ritter) Radiographs have been shown to be an important adjunct to visual-tactile caries exams, but its contribution to a caries examination in caries-active adults has not been fully determined. Aims: to determine the exte...