In dental academics, there has been a paradigm shift in how we assess and manage our most prevalent dental disease – Dental
Caries. The days are past when the clinician’s initial instinct of addressing the underlying disease either with a handpiece or by observation could be considered the standard of care. You will be presented with the latest breakthroughs in the science of Cariology and see how these revelations will have a profound impact on how you manage dental caries both today and in the future.

At the conclusion of this presentation the participant should:

• Understand that restorative dentistry is often the last resort in the treatment of dental caries.
• Recognize that there is an ongoing shift in dental education as to how we view and teach the science of Cariology.
• Realize that “watching” an incipient carious lesion is not active treatment and is not in the patient’s best interest.
• Have new treatment options that will not only enhance patient care, but could have a positive effect on practice revenue.