ReviewInternational dental journal2012
Minimal intervention dentistry for managing dental caries - a review: report of a FDI task group.
Review in International dental journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 188 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Caries Risk Assessment for Children and Adults Among Dental Residents :A Cross Sectional Study
Comparative Analysis of Hall Technique and Conventional Method for Stainless Steel Crown Placement in Primary Molars With Approximal Caries: A Randomized Controlled Trial at Primary Healthcare Corporation, Qatar
Who cites it
188 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 494 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dental Practitioners' Thresholds for Restorative Intervention in Carious Lesions: A Survey-Based Systematic Review Update.Caries research · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the effect of silver diamine fluoride for management of dental caries in permanent teeth.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2023Pooled it
- Minimal intervention dentistry for managing carious lesions into dentine in primary teeth: an umbrella review.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022Pooled it
- Infiltration and sealing for managing non-cavitated proximal lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC oral health · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of silver diamine fluoride solution application on the bond strength of dentine to adhesives and to glass ionomer cements: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2020Pooled it
- Micro-invasive interventions for managing non-cavitated proximal caries of different depths: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2018Pooled it
- Survival percentages of atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) restorations and sealants in posterior teeth: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2018Pooled it
- Efficacy of fluorides and CPP-ACP vs fluorides monotherapy on early caries lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- FDI policy statement on Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) for managing dental caries: Adopted by the General Assembly: September 2016, Poznan, Poland.International dental journal · 2017Guideline
- Non-surgical treatment of dentin caries in preschool children--systematic review.BMC oral health · 2015Pooled it
- Resin infiltration of non-cavitated caries lesions: a systematic review.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2015Pooled it
- Assessment of the effect of photodynamic therapy on the reduction of bacteria in deep dental caries lesions of primary teeth.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Trial
- Effect of photobiomodulation and selective caries removal in deep cavities on postoperative sensitivity, pulp vitality and dentin neoformation: randomized clinical trial and tomographic evaluation.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Trial
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- Efficacy of 30% silver diamine fluoride compared to atraumatic restorative treatment in arresting dentin caries lesions in preschoolers: a randomized clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Trial
- Volumetric analysis after caries excavation with caries detecting dyes and chemomechanical caries removal agents using 3D scanner-a randomised clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2024Trial
- Risk Indicators for Noncavitated and Cavitated Carious Lesions in Preschool Children.International dental journal · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of Visual-Tactile Examination and DIAGNOdent Pen in Detecting Early Enamel Caries and Its Remineralisation: An In Vitro Study.BioMed research international · 2022Trial
- Atraumatic restorative treatment compared to the Hall Technique for occluso-proximal carious lesions in primary molars; 36-month follow-up of a randomised control trial in a school setting.BMC oral health · 2020Trial
- Best-practice prevention alone or with conventional or biological caries management for 3- to 7-year-olds: the FiCTION three-arm RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
128 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
This publication describes the history of minimal intervention dentistry (MID) for managing dental caries and presents evidence for various carious lesion detection devices, for preventive measures, for restorative and non-restorative therapies as well as for repairing rather than replacing defective restorations. It is a follow-up to the FDI World Dental Federation publication on MID, of 2000. The dental profession currently is faced with an enormous task of how to manage the high burden of consequences of the caries process amongst the world population. If it is to manage carious lesion development and its progression, it should move away from the 'surgical' care approach and fully embrace the MID approach. The chance for MID to be successful is thought to be increased tremendously if dental caries is not considered an infectious but instead a behavioural disease with a bacterial component. Controlling the two main carious lesion development related behaviours, i.e. intake and frequency of fermentable sugars, to not more than five times daily and removing/disturbing dental plaque from all tooth surfaces using an effective fluoridated toothpaste twice daily, are the ingredients for reducing the burden of dental caries in many communities in the world. FDI's policy of reducing the need for restorative therapy by placing an even greater emphasis on caries prevention than is currently done, is therefore, worth pursuing.
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