The dynamic behavior of the early dental caries lesion in caries-active adults and implications.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the full range of behavior of the visible, noncavitated, early caries lesion in caries-active adults with substantial fluoride exposure, and to consider implications.

Methods

The data were from the Xylitol for Adult Caries Trial (X-ACT) collected annually for 33 months using condensed ICDAS caries threshold criteria. Individual tooth surfaces having a noncavitated caries lesion were included, and the patterns of transition to each subsequent annual clinical examination to sound, noncavitated or cavitated, filled or crowned were determined. The resulting sets of patterns for an individual tooth surface, looking forward from its first appearance as a noncavitated lesion, were combined into one of four behavior profiles classified as reversing, stable, osc

SUBMITTER: Brown JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4418491 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature