Enamel remineralization: controlling the caries disease or treating early caries lesions?
Braz. oral res
;
23(supl.1): 23-30, 2009. ilus, graf, tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-528426
ABSTRACT
The emphasis currently given to new technologies for enamel remineralization suggests that the changes in the understanding of the dental caries disease, which occurred in the last century, were either not yet adopted or were forgotten. Just like in the past, when the disease was "treated" by restoring cavities, there is presently a misunderstanding on the concept of incipient lesion remineralization. The aim of this paper was to review some concepts about caries, the natural phenomenon of enamel remineralization and the effect of fluoride (F) on it, and also to discuss the clinical relevance of remineralizing products recently launched in the marketplace aiming to "treat early caries lesions".
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Assunto principal:
Calcificação de Dente
/
Cariostáticos
/
Cárie Dentária
/
Esmalte Dentário
/
Fluoretos
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. oral res
Assunto da revista:
Odontologia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
State University of Campinas/BR
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