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English I : Elementary Level

DENTAL CARIES

By: Luis Jaramillo

“The mouth is the gateway to the rest of the body, a mirror of our overall well-being.”(“ La boca es el portal de acceso para el resto del cuerpo, un

espejo de nuestro ser. ”)

Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S.

Former Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and Dean of the University of Southern California School(Ex director del Instituto Nacional Dental y Craniofacial , y Decano de la

Universidad del Sur de California)

INTRODUCTION Dental caries is an infectious bacterial disease

that has plagued humans since the beginning of recorded history. But,What is dental caries?

Simply stated, it is tooth decay. Today, because of scientific advances and new

technologies, dentistry is developing new strategies for managing dental caries. These strategies emphasize prevention

and early intervention.(La caries dental es una enfermedad bacteriana y contagiosa que se ha

expandido a toda la humanidad desde el comienzo de nuestra historia . ¿Qué es la caries dental? Simplemente dicho, es una cariadura.

Hoy, por los avances científicos y las tecnologías nuevas, la odontología desarrolla estrategias nuevas para la caries dental directiva.

Estas estrategias enfatizan prevención e intervención temprana.)

Dental CariesIs the demineralization and the hard textiles's dental destruction, origin by

Multifactorial.OMS classifies her as the third worldly

illness after the cancer and the cardiovasculares illnesses .

(Es la desmineralización y destrucción de los tejidos duros dentarios de origen multifactorial. La OMS la clasifica como

la tercera enfermedad del mundo tras el cáncer y las enfermedades cardiovasculares.)

ETIOLOGY

Edadgenetica

Genetic Age

Caries dental explanation

Type of caries dental whit

e stain

Enamel

dentine pulp

Diagnosis of Dental Caries1. Detectable explorer

“stick” 2. Radiographs3. Visual4. Laser caries detector

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CARIES DENTAL TREATMENT1. Fluoridation2. Therapeutic sellante3. Obturation with amalgam and resin

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MEASURES PREVENTIVE

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