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Strategy and practice of the healthy cosmetic management for patients with high dental caries susceptibility

Liu Tao1,2, Cheng Li3, Yang Hui4, Wang Huning1, Fang Hongzhi5, Hu Tao1,3.   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; 2. Dept. of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650031, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Dept. of Preventive Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; 4. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, General Clinic, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; 5. Dept. of Stomatology, The Third People’s Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2016-02-22 Revised:2016-06-20 Online:2016-10-01 Published:2016-10-01
  • Contact: Hu Tao, E-mail: hutao@scu.edu.cn.

Abstract:

A new clinic conception, healthy cosmetic management (HCM), was innovated introduced into diagnose and treatment of patients with high caries risk. The priority of HCM should be given to aesthetic restoration of teeth, taking consideration of the conserving of tissue and pulp of teeth and the balance between health and aesthetics, which may reach to the goal of the individual clinic treatment. HCM includes five steps: 1) caries risk assessment; 2) detection of initial caries; 3) digital aesthetic design; 4) minimally invasive therapy; 5) behavior management of caries and doctor-patient communication pattern. In this article, HCM is introduced into two aspects: process management and clinical protocols, followed by the combination of the clinical practice.

Key words: healthy cosmetic management,  caries risk assessment, initial caries, digital design, minimally invasive therapy, doctor-patient communication