An Insight to Occult Caries- An Overview with a Novel Approach in the Management

In day to day practice very rarely dentist comes across apparently intact, recently erupted tooth which has become abscessed without any history of discomfort or pain. The term occult caries isusually used to refer such lesions. Occult caries is defined as the occlusal caries which cannot be diagnosed clinically because the occlusal surface appears to be ostensibly intact and shows radiolucencies in dentin. 

An Insight to Occult Caries
An Insight to Occult Caries
The various synonyms are ‘hidden caries’, ‘fluoride bombs’, and ‘fluoride syndrome ’and ‘pre eruptive caries’. The term ‘hidden caries’ or ‘occult caries’ denote those lesions that cannot be detected by clinical examination alone. The terms ‘fluoride bombs’ or ‘fluoride syndrome’ proposes that fluoride is an etiological factor. In some teeth, these lesions have been discovered on routine radiographs before their eruption into the oral cavity and these are often erroneously referred to as ‘pre-eruptive caries’, as the tooth when it is completely encased within the crypt is not likely to be infected with cariogenic microorganisms. Read more>>>>>>>

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