28Mar 2018

SELECTIVE EXCAVATION: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN CARIOUS LESION MANAGEMENT.

  • Post-Graduate Student, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore.
  • Professor, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore.
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With increase in our present day knowledge of the caries process, as driven by the plaque biofilm, the modality of treatment has changed from complete excavation to just providing an adequate restoration. The review intends to highlight the paradigm shift in concepts related to management of deep carious lesions.


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[Shailaja Datta and Suprabha B. S. (2018); SELECTIVE EXCAVATION: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN CARIOUS LESION MANAGEMENT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Mar). 1441-1444] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr Shailaja Datta
Post-Graduate Student, Department of Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6818      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6818