Dental Caries

1. Dental caries - definitions and clinical features 2. Strategic public health considerations for caries control in populations 3. Dental caries epidemiology 4. Visual-tactile caries diagnosis and the role of bitewing radiography 5. The foundations of good diagnostic practice 6. The Oral Microbiome - Composition, Acquisition, Establishment and Maturation 7. Functions of the oral microbiome in caries and how they can be controlled 8. The essential role of saliva for dental caries and erosion 9. The process of de- and remineralization - the key to understanding clinical manifestations of dental caries 10. Initiation and progression of dental caries in dental hard tissues 11. Erosion of the teeth 12. Sugar, diet and dental caries 13. Oral hygiene - does it matter? 14. Fluorides in caries control 15. The Caries Control Concept 16. Caries control for the individual patient in all age groups 17. Carious cavities - how to manage the "infected" dentin and the pulpal response 18. Control of dental caries by minimally invasive restorative intervention 19. How accurately can we assess the risk for developing caries lesions? 20. Oral Health Care - Past, Present and Future perspectives

The Editors

Ole Fejerskov DDS, Ph.D, Dr. Odont, Dr. Odont h.c multpl is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Health, at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Bente Nyvad DDS, MPH, PhD, Dr Odont is Professor of Oral Ecology and Caries Control in the Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Faculty of Health at Aarhus University in Denmark.