CAMBRA: Best Practices in Dental Caries Management

According to the National Health and

Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2004),

of children aged 2-11 have had

carious lesions in their primary teeth.

• 22%

• 32%

• 42%

• 52%

Approximatelyof adolescents

aged 12-19 have experienced dental caries,

and by adulthood well over of

those surveyed have experienced dental

caries in their permanent dentition.

• 39%; 62%

• 49%; 92%

• 59%; 92%

• 59%; 82%

Caries risk assessment (CRA) .

• Is a critical component of dental caries management

• Should be included as part of the dental examination

• Should be considered a standard of care

• All of the above

Caries disease indicators ___________ .

• are physical signs of the presence of current or past

  dental caries disease and activity

• speak to what initially caused the disease and how

  to treat it

• serve as strong predictors of dental caries

  continuing unless therapeutic intervention is

  implemented

• a and c

New technologies developed for the

detection of caries have included _______.

• fiber-optic transillumination

• all of the above

• light-induced and diode laser fluorescence

• digital radiography