CARIO

• High bleeding point score of the patient may be reduced by use of pit and fissure sealants, brushing and flossing, topical fluoride treatments, use of Chlorhexidine mouthwash, and restoration of all cavitated lesions.
• A white spot lesion that is visible on a wet tooth surface has penetrated about half way through the enamel, penetrated through one third of enamel, penetrated all the way through the enamel and the demineralization may be in the dentin, penetrated about half way through the dentin, or penetrated through one third of dentin.
• Under this type of carious removal, carious lesion is controlled without removing any of the diseased dentine tissues and accomplished with the use of pit and fissure sealant.
• This type of carious tissue removal does not deform when an instrument is pressed onto it and can still be easily lifted without much force being required.
• In the type of carious tissue removal done in two stages, in the first stage selective removal to hard dentin is done and a provisional restoration is placed to avoid pulp exposure.
• The provisional restoration that is placed in the first stage of the type of carious tissue removal in two stages should be sufficiently durable to last up to 6-12 months.
• For primary teeth, carious removal can be done in two stages to protect the vitality of the pulp.
• This is a treatment modality where a stainless crown is cemented over the primary molar to seal dentine carious lesions.
• If the status of your restorative filling tooth is defective with the presence of food impaction, this is the recommendation: No restorative replacement is needed, No treatment but only Refurbishing is done, Repair or Replacement of restoration is needed, or Non-operative treatment is given.
• A white spot lesion that is visible when the enamel has been thoroughly dried has penetrated through one third of enamel, penetrated all the way through the enamel and the demineralization may be in the dentin, penetrated about half way through the enamel, or penetrated through one third of dentin.
• If the status of your restorative filling tooth is defective with the presence of ditching, this is the recommendation: No treatment but only Refurbishing is done, Repair or Replacement of restoration is needed, Non-operative treatment is given, or No restorative replacement is needed.
• If the filling tooth of the tooth shows an INACTIVE lesion, this is the recommendation: No treatment but only Refurbishing is done, Repair or Replacement of restoration is needed, No restorative replacement is needed, or Non-operative treatment is given.
• If the status of your tooth is ACTIVE with a cavity, this is the recommendation: No treatment at all, Non-operative treatment, Operative treatment, or None of the choices.
• The patient is central to the management of the carious process not the professional.
• A patient came to your clinic with 2 new carious lesions in the last thirty-six months, has eating disorders and taking medications that reduce salivary flow.
• The level of caries risk of the patient is determined by the number of carious lesions, the frequency of consumption of sugar-containing foods, the presence of eating disorders, and the use of medications that reduce salivary flow.
• A patient came to you with a dry mouth due to medical condition, what would you recommend? Topical fluoride treatments, use of pit and fissure sealants, sugarless chewing gum, use of Chlorhexidine mouthwash, or restoration of all cavitated lesions.
• If the status of your restorative filling tooth has no defect, this is the recommendation: Non-operative treatment is given, Repair and Replacement of restoration is needed, No restorative replacement is needed, or No treatment but only Refurbishing is done.
• If the filling tooth of the tooth shows an ACTIVE lesion with a cavity, non-operative treatment is given, no treatment but only refurbishing is done, repair and replacement of restoration is needed, and no restorative replacement is needed.
• A patient came to your clinic with 2 new carious lesions in the last thirty-six months, has eating disorders and taking medications that reduce salivary flow, and your recommendation is to use sugar substitutes, brush with fluoride dentifrice, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm and fluoride rinse with 0.5%NaF, and brush with prescription fluoride dentifrice 1/1%/5000ppm NaF.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to brush with prescription fluoride dentifrice 1/1%/5000ppm NaF, use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft drinks or juice after every meal and has 3 carious lesions in the last six months, and your recommendation is to use an OTC fluoride rinse, brush with fluoride dentifrice 1450ppm, and brush with fluoride dentifrice 19.
• A patient came to your clinic with an ongoing radiation therapy, drinks carbonated soft
• If the status of your tooth is ACTIVE with no cavity, this is the recommendation: Non-operative treatment, Operative treatment, No treatment at all, or None of the choices.
• If the status of your tooth is clinical sound, this is the recommendation: Non-operative treatment, Operative treatment, No treatment at all, or None of the choices.
• If the status of your tooth is INACTIVE, this is the recommendation: No treatment at all, Preventive Strategies, Restorative treatment, or Non-operative treatment.
• In nonrestorative cavity control, regular fluoride varnish application or placement of glass ionomer based material may or may not be done.
• This aims to control the symptoms of the disease at a tooth level: Caries management, Control Caries Management, Carious Lesion Management, Excavation Management.
• This involves altering the shape of the cavity by opening the cavity margins to allow it to be cleansable involving some operative although not restorative intervention: Non selective removal to hard dentin, Hall Technique, Non restorative cavity control, Atraumatic Restorative treatment.
• In the type of carious tissue removal done in two stages, in the second stage selective removal to soft dentin is done and a long term restoration is placed: Non selective removal to hard dentin, Hall Technique, Non restorative cavity control, Atraumatic Restorative treatment.
• This type of carious removal leaves leathery dentin pulpally.
• There is a feeling of resistance to hand excavator while the cavity margins are left hard after removal: Non restorative cavity control, Stepwise removal, Selective removal to firm dentin, Non selective removal to hard dentin, Hall Technique.
• In the type of carious tissue removal done in two stages, in the first stage selective removal to hard dentin is done and a provisional restoration is placed to avoid pulp exposure: Non selective removal to hard dentin, Hall Technique, Selective removal to firm dentin, Non selective removal to hard dentin, Selective removal to soft dentin.
• This is not advocated for both primary and permanent dentition: Non restorative cavity control, Selective removal to soft dentin, Non selective removal to hard dentin, Hall Technique.