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Dentistry: Case Report Euro Dentistry 2017
September 20-21, 2017
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25th Euro Dentistry Congress
September 20-21, 2017 Dublin, Ireland
Aslı Topaloğlu Ak, Dentistry: Case Report
Minimal invasive dentistry: How much caries tissue should we remove?
C aries tissue removal has been done by rotary instruments with different speeds for a long time. It has been revealed that,
rotary instruments, cavity preparations based on extension for prevention and black principles can result with loss of
healthy dental tissue and tooth in the long term. This led the researches focus on new caries removal techniques that prevent
healthy dental tissues. Today this concept is named as minimal invasive approach. Minimal invasive approach aims to remove
the soft and infected dentine and leave the affected dentine which has a re-mineralization potential. This can be achieved
by treatment modalities such as Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) which uses only hand instruments and chemo-
mechanical caries removal in clinical settings. In today’s pediatric dentistry, individual treatment manners are constructed on
biological process of caries lesion treatment, tissue re-mineralization and plaque control. This perspective helps to avoid pulp
perforations and complicated treatment series in primary and young permanent teeth and helps to improve patient-dentist
cooperation particularly among children with dental anxiety. In this presentation, in addition to minimal invasive caries
removal techniques, stepwise excavation, interim therapeutic restorations, hall and non-restorative caries removal techniques
will be discussed.
Biography
Aslı Topaloğlu Ak completed her Graduation from University of Ege, School of Dentistry in 1998, PhD program in 2005 in Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Ege Univer-
sity. In addition, in 2009, she defended her second doctoral thesis entitled “Management of dental caries in primary teeth through minimal intervention approaches” and
gained PhD degree from Radboud University in the Netherlands. She worked as an Associate Professor at University of Ege, School of Dentistry, from 2012-2017. Since
May 2017, she is working as the Head of Paedodontics Department of Istanbul Aydin University.
Aslı Topaloglu Ak
Istanbul Aydın University, Turkey