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Contemporary management of dental caries includes identification of an individual’s risk for caries progression, understanding of the disease process for that individual, and management with appropriate preventive services, supplemented by restorative therapy where indicated. The benefits of restorative therapy include: maintaining tooth vitality, removing cavitation or defects to eliminate areas that are susceptible to caries, restoring the integrity of tooth Background structure, preventing the spread of infection into the dental pulp, and preventing the shifting of teeth due to loss of tooth structure. The risks of restorative therapy include reducing the longevity of teeth by making them more susceptible to fracture, recurrent lesions, pulp exposure during caries excavation, future pulpal complications, and iatrogenic damage to adjacent teeth.
