Complete or ultraconservative removal of decayed tissue in unfilled teeth

David Ricketts; Edwina Kidd; Nicola P. T. Innes; Jan E. Clarkson

doi:10.1111/j.1834-7819.2009.01133.x

Complete or ultraconservative removal of decayed tissue in unfilled teeth

David Ricketts, Edwina Kidd, Nicola P. T. Innes, Jan E. Clarkson

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Abstract

The treatment of deep dental decay has traditionally involved removal of all the soft demineralised dentine before a filling is placed. However this has been challenged in three groups of studies which involve sealing soft caries into the tooth. The three main groups either remove no caries and seal the decay into the tooth, remove minimal (ultraconservative) caries at the entrance to a cavity and seal the remaining caries in, or remove caries in stages over two visits some months apart to allow the pulp time to lay down reparative dentine (the stepwise excavation technique).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	274-276
Number of pages	3
Journal	Australian Dental Journal
Volume	54
Issue number	3
Early online date	24 Aug 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1834-7819.2009.01133.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2009

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