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The Visual Presentation of Dental Caries

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The aim of this chapter is to present the clinician a guide to the visual-tactile detection and assessment of caries. This chapter will give the clinicians knowledge and support to use visual-tactile diagnosis within a clinical examination.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. UNICA Caries Research Unit, Research Vice-Rectory, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia

    Andrea Cortés & Stefania Martignon

  2. King’s College London Dental Institute, Dental Innovation and Translation Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

    Stefania Martignon

  3. School of Dentistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Gail Douglas

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  1. Department of Comprehensive Care, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Andrea Ferreira Zandona

  2. King’s College London Dental Institute, London, UK

    Christopher Longbottom

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Cortés, A., Martignon, S., Douglas, G. (2019). The Visual Presentation of Dental Caries. In: Ferreira Zandona, A., Longbottom, C. (eds) Detection and Assessment of Dental Caries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16967-1_3

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