Clinical features of caries lesions - What do caries lesions look like clinically?

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What are dental caries lesions?

The outcome or symptoms of innumerable metabolic events in biofilms

When can we diagnose white opaque lesions?

When the outcome of biofilms results in a cumulative loss of mineral from the tooth of such a magnitude that the porosity in the enamel gives rise to a decrease in enamel translucency

What may happen because of increased porosity of the enamel?

It is to be expected that food stain will sieve into the enamel and hence a white spot lesion may over time change color to brown and even almost black
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What reflects the shape of the lesion?

Where the biofilm has been allowed to grow and remain for prolonged periods of time

What was common to see in the days where children had no or very poor oral hygiene?

It was common to see kidney-shaped lesions beneath contact facets proximally extending onto buccal and lingual surfaces as a band of dull, chalky white enamel along the gingival margin

Most illustrations in the book are from single teeth, but what is important for clinical situations?

In clinical situation you should never decide on a treatment by only considering a single tooth

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