Emerging Technologies for the Prevention of Dental Caries. Are Current Methods of Prevention Sufficient for the High Risk Patient?

Overview

Journal Int Dent J

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Dentistry

Date 2011 Jul 6

PMID 21726223

Citations 4

Authors

Walter A Bretz

Odila P S Rosa

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Abstract

Fluorides and chlorhexidine are technologies that are 65 and 40 years old, respectively. This overview argues that current methods of caries prevention are not effective for the high caries risk patient. In this review examples, arguments and recommendations are provided to address the high caries risk patient that include: failure of comprehensive chemical modalities treatments to address the high caries risk patient; ecological alteration - would this be an effective approach?; and biomaterials and oral microbiome research to address the high caries risk patient.

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