Malgré des décennies de recherche sur le fluor et la reconnaissance de son rôle de pierre angulaire de la réduction des caries dentaires au cours des cinquante dernières années, des questions se posent encore sur son utilisation au niveau de la communauté, de l'auto-application et de l'application professionnelle. Quelle méthode d'administration du fluorure devrait être utilisée ? Comment et quand l'utiliser ? Comment maximiser ses avantages tout en réduisant les risques associés à son utilisation ? Ce ne sont là que quelques-unes des questions difficiles auxquelles nous sommes...

La prosthodontie pour enfants est la division de l'art et de la science de la dentisterie qui s'occupe du remplacement des dents primaires et permanentes manquantes par des substituts fixes ou amovibles. La perte prématurée de dents, qu'il s'agisse de dents de lait ou de dents permanentes, peut entraîner des problèmes fonctionnels chez l'enfant, tels que des dysfonctionnements de la mastication, un mauvais positionnement ou une mauvaise éruption des dents et des difficultés de prononciation. Des problèmes esthétiques sont également présents, car l'enfant peut faire l'objet de...

Dental caries has been a highly prevalent and costly disease in the world, representing the most common infectious disease in the paediatric population. The disease is also increasingly isolated in specific teeth and tooth morphology types in both primary and mixed dentitions, with pits and fissures being the predominant decayed sites. Materials such as glassionomers, resin ionomers, resin ionomer products, and improved resin-based composite systems have been developed which are havingprofound impact on the restoration of primary teeth, particularly the treatment of proximal and anterior...

This book Non Fluoride Remineralising agent gives you an insight into the basic knowledge of the remineralising agent available other than Fluoride.Fluoride (F) has been a useful instrument and is one of the most effective remineralizing agents in caries prevention. Nevertheless, some concern has been expressed that with the wide array of both prescription and over-the-counter fluoride products now being marketed in every country, the total fluoride intake has increased to perhaps harmful levels.. It gives you an idea about the mechanism of action, applications and advantages of non Fluoride...

Prosthodontics for children is the division of art and science of dentistry, which is concerned with the replacement of missing primary and permanent teeth by fixed or removable substitutes. Premature teeth loss, both deciduous and permanent, may cause functional problems in children, such as malfunctions in mastication, improper teeth placement or eruption and hindered pronunciation. Esthetical issues are also present, as child may be mocked or bullied, leading to insecurity, development of complexes and low self esteem.

No area of treatment in pediatric dentistry has been more controversial than pulp therapy. In particular, the vital pulpotomy procedure has been a topic of debate for decades. While pulpotomy therapy evolved slowly over the first 40 years, the pace of change since the 1960s has continued to accelerate. This book is a review and prospectus of this field, presented in the context of the rationales that have guided development of new and very divergent treatment modalities. While there have been many excellent reviews of pulp therapy .in recent years, 1~ none has presented a framework for the...

In spite of decades of research on fluoride and the recognition of its role as the cornerstone of dental caries reduction in the last fifty years, questions still arise on its use at community, self-applied and professional application levels. Which method of fluoride delivery should be used? How and when should it be used? How can its benefits be maximized and still reduce the risks associated with its use? These are only some of the challenging questions facing us by daily. This book provides detailed insight into the flourides in dentistry and helps to solve several question associated...