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| Article Type: | Guest editorial |
| Subject: |
Dental caries
(Care and treatment) Pedodontics (Research) |
| Author: | Martens, Luc |
| Pub Date: | 04/01/2011 |
| Publication: | Name: European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry Publisher: European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2011 European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry ISSN: 1818-6300 |
| Issue: | Date: April, 2011 Source Volume: 12 Source Issue: 2 |
| Topic: | Event Code: 310 Science & research |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Brazil Geographic Code: 3BRAZ Brazil |
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| Accession Number: | 277106743 |
| Full Text: |
Modern concepts of dentistry are based on minimal invasive
dentistry. Despite the fact that more than 50 years ago bur-less
techniques were proposed for cavity preparation starting with a first
generation of an air abrasion engine, it is thanks to the current
refined caries diagnosis and the appropriate adhesive dentistry that
more attention is paid to micro preparations. Laser technology became
developed for dental purposes and nowadays several oral applications are
available for many indications. Due to this technological evolution it
is possible to focus on a cavity preparation continuum. Depending on the
carious lesion an option can be made for a conventional G.V. Black
cavity or for a micro-preparation following 'prevention of
extension principles'. In the latter case a variety of minimal
invasive techniques are available such as chemo-mechanical techniques as
well as, kinetic (air abrasion) and hydrokinetic (Laser) cavity
preparation systems. During the first meeting of the world congress of micro-dentistry (WCM) in 2000, it was suggested by Martens and Simonson to place 'micro-dentistry' into context and they offered the following definition which WCM then adopted: 'micro-dentistry is the evidence-based discipline dealing with hard and soft tissue-saving procedures whose ultimate goal is lifelong optimal oral health.' More than ten years after this definition, the amount of literature dealing with laser use is huge in all dental fields e.g. oral surgery diagnosis, cavity preparation, endodontics, dental traumatology and biostimulation. About 3 years ago I was asked to coordinate a special issue for the European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. Today I am glad that we finally succeeded. I am very pleased to offer the EAPD readership a variety of articles related to laser-assisted paediatric dentistry. Having manuscripts from Belgium, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the USA, this proves once more that the laser approach is living among us and that children are probably ideally suited to be at the fore-front to receive this kind of micro-dentistry! |
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