In England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a population level, the prevalence of dental caries in children is assessed by a national survey performed every 10 years. This Child Dental Health Survey...

Demineralised, carious dentine is radiolucent. This radiolucency remains if carious dentine is sealed under a restoration (Figure 11). Without an adequate understanding of this and the history of the...

Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) has been used for caries management throughout the world for decades.1,2 It has a strong track record of use, particularly in Asia, having been developed in Japan in the...

Systematic reviews of clinical studies of SDF uniformly support its efficacy for caries arrest on cavitated caries lesions in primary teeth over periods up to 36 months, and for arrest of root caries...