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Medical Management of Dental Caries

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Dentistry is expanding beyond primary prevention and tertiary surgical treatment to include a host of minimally invasive tools and techniques to manage dental caries. These include the use of Hall crowns, interim therapeutic restorations with fluoride-rich materials, medicaments such as SDF, and combinations thereof. The use of these approaches may be of significant benefit to individuals with special health-care needs for whom traditional invasive dental treatment may necessitate care under potentially risky sedation or general anesthesia. These minimally invasive methods may delay traditional methods until a more ideal time or entirely prevent their need. Using a medical management of dental caries approach can increase the treatment options available to the dental practitioner to provide optimal care for his or her patients.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Developmental and Surgical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Elise W. Sarvas

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    Travis M. Nelson

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    Jessica R. Webb

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Sarvas, E.W. (2019). Medical Management of Dental Caries. In: Nelson, T., Webb, J. (eds) Dental Care for Children with Special Needs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10483-2_9

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