Oral Biofilm Disruption
Biofilms are composed of bacteria adhering to each other or to living or nonliving surfaces.
Test Your Knowledge on Caries Risk Assessment
Staying abreast of the changing landscape of caries risk assessment, management, and prevention will help you provide the highest quality patient care…
Strategies to Prevent Caries
Caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA) is an evidence-based protocol designed to prevent, reverse, and/or treat caries before the disease proce…
What Do You Know About Caries Risk Assessment?
Dental caries is defined as a dissolution of enamel due to chemical byproducts produced by acidogenic bacteria during the fermentation of dietary suga…
Role of Chlorhexidine-Thymol Varnish in Caries Prevention
How much do you know about the role of chlorhexidine-thymol varnish in caries prevention?
How Saliva Supports Remineralization
An important consideration in caries risk assessment and remineralization therapy selection is saliva.
The Process of Remineralization
By Meghan A. McGuinness, RDH, BS, MA, EdD The process of remineralization remains crucial to preventing caries and arresting incipient lesions.1 As prevention specialists, dental hygienists…
Implementing a Multifaceted Approach to Caries Prevention
By Diana Macri, RDH, BSDH, MSEd Dental caries is a transmissible bacterial infection whose prevalence and severity are affected by multiple factors. It occurs on a…
The Role of Nicotine in Caries Risk and Development
Research demonstrates a direct relationship between smoking and Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation that raises the risk for dental caries.