Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The disease and its diagnosis -- Defining the disease: an introduction / O. Fejerskov ... [et a.] -- Clinical appearances of caries lesions / O. Fejerskov, B. Nyvad and E.A.M. Kidd -- Pathology of dental caries / O. Fejerskov, B. Nyvad and E.A.M. Kidd -- Visual-tactile caries diagnosis / B. Nyvad, O. Fejerskov, and V. Baelum -- Radiography for caries diagnosis / I. Mejàre and E.A.M. Kidd -- Additional diagnostic measures / A. Lussi and B. Angmar-Månsson -- The foundations of good diagnostic practice / V. Baelum ... [et al.].

Part II: Clinical caries epidemiology -- The epidemiology of dental caries / B.A. Burt, V. Baelum and O. Fejerskov -- The impact of diagnostic criteria on estimates of prevalence, extent and severity of dental caries / N. Pitts.

Part III: Dental caries in a biological context -- The oral microflora and biofilms on teeth / P.D. Marsh and B. Nyvad -- The role of saliva / A. Bardow ... [et al.] -- Chemical interactions between the tooth and oral fluids / J.M. ten Cate ... [et al.] -- Erosion of the teeth / M.J. Larsen.

Part IV: Non-operative therapy -- The control of disease progression: non-operative treatment / E.A.M. Kidd and O. Fejerskov -- Role of oral hygiene / B. Nyvad -- Antimicrobials in caries control / A.A. Scheie and F.C. Peterson -- Might caries control involve immunization and gene therapy? / R.R.B. Russell -- Fluorides in caries control / R. Ellwood ... [et al.] -- The role of dietary control / D.T. Zero ... [et al.].

Part V: Operative intervention -- The role of operative treatment in caries control / E.A.M. Kidd, J.P. van Amerongen, and W.E. van Amerongen -- Caries removal and the pulpo-dentinal complex / E.A.M. Kidd, L. Bj�rndal, D. Beighton, and O. Fejerskov -- Restoring the tooth: 'the seal is the deal' / J.P. van Amerongen ... [et al.] -- The atraumatic restorative treatment approach / J.E. Frencken and W.E. van Amerongen -- Longevity of restorations: the 'death spiral' -- V. Qvist.

Part VI: Caries control and prediction -- Clinical decision making: technical solutions to biological problems or evidence-based caries management? / V. Baelum -- Promoting oral health in populations / E. Kay and R. Craven -- Caries control for the individual patient / E.A.M. Kidd, B. Nyvad, and I. Espelid -- Caries control for populations / V. Baelum, A. Sheiham, and B. Burt -- Caries prediction / H. Hausen -- Preventing dental caries: what are the costs? / J. Feine, N. Jamal, and S. Esfandiari.

Part VII: Dentistry in the twenty-first century -- Variation in clinical decision making related to caries / J.D. Bader and D.A. Shugars -- 'for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health ... ' The role of dentistry in controlling caries and periodontitis globally / V. Baelum ... [et al.].

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