What does carious lesion mean?

Carious lesions where there is a visible macroscopic breakdown in the tooth surface (that is, a visible ‘hole’) and the area may have softened walls or floor. Dental caries (dental decay, tooth decay or ‘cavities’)

What is a non-cavitated lesion?

A non-cavitated caries lesion (also sometimes referred to as an early lesion, an incipient lesion, or a white spot lesion) is a demineralized lesion without evidence of cavitation.

What is a frank carious lesion?

Incipient lesion develops in the earliest stages when caries begins to demineralize the enamel. Overt, or frank, lesion is characterized by cavitation (the development of a cavity or hole in the tooth).

What are non carious lesions?

Noncarious cervical lesions (NCCLs) involve the loss of hard tissue from the cervical areas of teeth through processes unrelated to caries. NCCLs are nowadays a common pathology caused by changes in lifestyle and diet. The prevalence and severity of cervical wear increase with age.

What causes carious lesion?

Cavitated Caries Lesions Cavitation usually occurs because of external forces that eventually lead to the collapse of the outer surface in a non-cavitated lesion, which in turn leads to a discontinuity or break in the surface. The break in the surface may be limited to the enamel, or it may expose the dentin.

How do you treat carious lesions?

Traditionally, all carious lesions have been treated by removing all demineralised (affected) and bacterially contaminated (infected) dentine and replacing it using restorations (based on, for example, amalgam or composite), commonly known as a ‘filling’.

Is the carious lesion most commonly found in elderly patients?

Myth #1. The first myth is that children are at the greatest risk of tooth decay. Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood,2,3 but older adults are at greater risk than children. Caries remains the most prevalent disease among older adults—affecting 93% of those age 65 or older.

How does carious lesion happen?

Dental caries, also known as tooth decay or cavity, is a disease wherein bacterial processes damage hard tooth structure (enamel, dentin, and cementum). These tissues progressively break down, producing dental caries (cavities, holes in the teeth).

What does non-carious mean?

Non-carious Cervical Lesions describes a condition where tooth structure is lost below the gumline due to forces other than decay.

What are the causes of non-carious cervical lesions?

Erosion and abrasion have been widely reported as causes of non-carious cervical lesions (NCCL). However, more recently, tooth flexure has been implicated in the formation of these lesions generating renewed interest in the pathogenesis of the non-carious loss of cervical tooth substance.

What is the main aim of restoration of carious lesion in Phase I therapy?

Reduce tissue removal treatment of carious lesions in both deciduous teeth and permanent teeth in order to save tooth substance, prolong the life of a tooth and reduce or avoid negative iatrogenic outcomes such as pain, anxiety and adjacent tooth damage.