Essentials of Dental Caries
Dentistry Made Simple
- Published
- August 21, 2026
- Duration
- 23:45
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
Discusses health.
Summary
A textbook designed for dental students and oral healthcare professionals. The authors, Edwina Kidd and Ole Fejerskov, emphasize that dental caries is a manageable disease caused by metabolic activity within the dental biofilm, rather than an inevitable condition requiring endless surgical repair. They define the disease as a dynamic process of mineral lo…
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A textbook designed for dental students and oral healthcare professionals. The authors, Edwina Kidd and Ole Fejerskov, emphasize that dental caries is a manageable disease caused by metabolic activity within the dental biofilm, rather than an inevitable condition requiring endless surgical repair. They define the disease as a dynamic process of mineral loss and gain influenced by diet, saliva, and oral hygiene. A central theme is the critique of the restorative cycle, arguing that fillings do no
Themes
- health