Oral Health and Dental Management

Overtreatment in caries management: A literature review perspective and recommendations for clinicians

11^th Asia Pacific Congress on Dental and Oral Health

July 25-27, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand

Indrajeet Ghosh

TATA Main Hospital, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Dentistry, like various branches in the healthcare profession, is susceptible to overtreatment; especially in the management of dental caries, due to the adoption of an aggressive restorative approach. This philosophy provides no actual benefits to the patient in terms of arresting the disease process itself, which initially led to the carious lesions. Yet, practitioners, routinely and enthusiastically, continue to initiate restorative treatment procedures without attempting to understand and alter the biologic factors contributing to the caries process. This paper attempts to examine the available scientific literature in this regard, and to make certain recommendations to the clinicians of today based on the available evidence risk status of the patient.

Biography :

Email: drighosh@tatasteel.com