Risk markers for oral diseases Book

Introduction; 1. The nature of the caries process and the need for markers of risk N. W. Johnson; Part I. Evidence for the Existence of High Risk Groups and Individuals: The Global Epidemiology of Dental Caries: 2. A critical evaluation of caries diagnostic methods and epidemiological methods. Can we trust the available data? E. A. M. Kidd; 3. Distribution of dental caries in India and South East Asia A. Tewari; 4. The epidemiological features of dental caries in African and Chinese populations: implications for risk assessment F. Manji; 5. Description and explanation of the distribution of caries in the population of Europe M. C. Downer; 6. The epidemiology of permanent tooth caries in the Americas J. W. Stamm; Part II. Methods for the Detection of High and Low Risk Groups and Individuals: 7. A four point scale for selection of caries risk patients based on salivary S. mutans levels and plaque formation rate index P. Axelsson; 8. Social and behavioural aspects of caries prediction L. Schou; 9. The value and limitation of tooth resistance factors in caries prediction M. E. J. Curzon; 10. Diet as a determinant of caries risk W. M. Edgar and S. M. Higham; 11. Methods for determining the cariogenicity of foodstuffs and their use in risk determination D. A. M. Geddes; 12. Which bacteria are cariogenic in humans? G. H. W. Bowden; 13. The global epidemiology of mutans streptococci D. Bratthall; 14. The value of salivary bacterial counts in the prediction of caries activity D. Beighton; 15. New methods for microbial screening R. R. B. Russell; 16. Association of specific host immune factors with dental caries experience D. J. Smith and M. A. Taubman; 17. Salivary inorganic and physical factors in the aetiology of dental caries, and their role in caries prediction E. I. F. Pearce; 18. Organic factors in human saliva in relation to dental caries experience and prediction J. Tenovuo and M. Lumikari; Part III. Practical Applications and Implications: 19. Application of multiple predictive methods to the assessment of caries risk H. Worthington; 20. Caries prediction: implications for individual patient care A. H. Brook; 21. Public dental health strategies for identifying and controlling dental caries in high and low risk populations A. Sheiham and M. Joffe; 22. Implications for public health planning of the ability to predict high and low risk groups for dental caries D. E. Barmes Envoi; 23. Concluding perspectives and future directions N. W. Johnson.