Detection and Assessment of Dental Caries

Dr. Andrea Ferreira Zandona is a tenured Professor and Chair of the Comprehensive Care Department at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Zandoná is originally from Curitiba, Brazil where she received her dental degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná. Dr. Zandona earned her master's degree in Dental Sciences in Operative Dentistry and a PhD in Dental Sciences from Indiana University. She was a faculty member at Indiana University from 1998 until 2013, directing their graduate residency program in Preventive Dentistry. From 2013 to 2018 she was a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, Department of Operative Dentistry. Dr. Zandoná has received research grants as principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health, CDC, the Delta Dental Fund, and private industry. She has published and lectured nationally and internationally on prevention and management of dental caries serving on editorial boards and as reviewer for numerous scientific and dental journals. Dr. Zandona has been part of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System Foundation Committee. She has served on the European Organization of Caries Research advisory board and is currently Vice-President of the CAMBRA coalition. She is a member of the American Association of Dental Research, the International Association of Dental Research, the American Dental Education Association, the Academy of Operative Dentistry and the American Academy of Cariology. She is the author of 45 peer-reviewed journal articles and several book chapters.

Introduction.- How to prepare teeth for a clinical examination for caries lesions.- Where to look for caries lesions.- The Visual Signs of Caries.- Additional Detection Methods as Aids to Caries Lesion Diagnosis.- What is Caries Activity and how do we assess it?.- Concluding Remarks.- Definitions.