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  2. Atraumatic restorative treatment - Wikipedia

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    Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) [1] is a method for cleaning out tooth decay (dental caries) from teeth using only hand instruments (dental hatchet and spoon-excavator) and placing a filling. It does not use rotary dental instruments ( dental drills ) to prepare the tooth and can be performed in settings with no access to dental equipment.

  3. Hall Technique - Wikipedia

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    No treatment; when dental caries are detected in deciduous teeth some clinicians may choose to leave the tooth to monitor progression and wait for further caries progression until doing an invasive procedure. Alternatively, the clinician may choose to leave caries as the tooth may be likely to exfoliate soon, dependent on the child's age. [33]

  4. Silver diammine fluoride - Wikipedia

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    Dental use of silver nitrate can be traced back to Japan around 1000 AD, where it was used for cosmetic purposes of blackening of teeth. Silver nitrate followed by application of fluoride varnish was the only non-invasive option available for caries treatment before the advent for silver diamine fluoride (SDF). Cases of carious lesions treated ...

  5. Can you reverse a cavity in your tooth? Here's what ... - AOL

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    Remineralizing is a better term for the process of reversing a cavity, says Dr. Anna Berik, owner of Newton Dental Associates and the Center for Oral Surgery and Implantology in Boston. She tells ...

  6. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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    Forms are available for risk assessment for caries when treating dental cases; this system using the evidence-based Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA). [69] It is still unknown if the identification of high-risk individuals can lead to more effective long-term patient management that prevents caries initiation and arrests or reverses ...

  7. Remineralisation of teeth - Wikipedia

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    The NHMRC an Australian Government statutory body, released the public statement of efficacy and safety of fluoridation 2007 to set the recommended water fluoridation to the target range of 0.6 to 1.1 mg/L, depending on climate, to balance reduction of dental caries (tooth decay) and occurrence of dental fluorosis (mottling of teeth). Moreover ...