Apoena de Aguiar Ribeiro

Pediatric Dentistry and Cariology, Department of Specific Qualification, School of Dentistry, Fluminense Federal University, Nova Friburgo, Brazil

Current status of conservative treatment of deep carious lesions

The discussion about the quantity of carious tissue to remove in order to halt the carious process is not new. In 1859, Tomes wrote that ‘it is better to retain a layer of carious dentin to protect...