Assessment of Disease Levels and Factors that will Impact on Caries Status course for Dental Practioners
This session will cover the practical, chair-side assessment of caries risk. It will also outline the social, oral and medical factors which affect caries risk.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- identify the key elements of clinical caries risk assessment
- describe the role of social factors that influence the development of caries
- describe the role of medical factors that influence the development of caries
- describe the role of oral factors that influence the development of caries
- identify the social, medical and oral factors that are contributing to active caries in an individual patient
This session provides an introduction to the general factors (social and medical) and local factors (oral) that influence the development of caries.
Before commencing this session you should:
- have a basic knowledge of the histopathological processes involved in the development of enamel and dentine caries
- have a basic knowledge of the interpretation of bitewing radiographs in caries diagnosis
Professor Rees is a restorative dentist based at Cardiff University Dental School. His research interests are in dental materials, tooth whitening, tooth wear and dentine sensitivity. He is part of the ’Mineralised Tissue Biology in Repair and Regeneration of the Dental Tissues’ Research Group at Cardiff.
He is also part of Module Editorial Team at e-Den, heading up Module 8 Restoration of Teeth, and Module 9 Replacement of Teeth.
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