Abstract

In his thought-provoking presentation, Prof Avijit Banerjee, the world-renowned expert in cariology and minimum intervention / minimally invasive operative dentistry from King's College London, will outline the modern team-delivered, prevention-based, person-focused and susceptibility-related MIOC delivery approach to managing dental caries in primary care. He will, using clinical translational research evidence, emphasise the move away from the traditional "watch & wait" management of early enamel lesions, describing methods of enamel repair/regeneration. He will also describe and discuss the minimally invasive approach to managing deep cavitated lesions, where pulp sensibility is maintained using selective caries removal and restoration with bioactive materials. He will outline clinically achievable, phased personalised care pathways, with clinical examples.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the MIOC delivery approach to managing dental caries.
• Explain the move away from "watch & wait" management of early carious lesions.
• Describe micro-invasive repair/regeneration of enamel lesions as part of secondary prevention.
• Describe minimally invasive selective caries removal and restoration of deep lesions using hydraulic calcium silicates.