CARIES PREVENTION - CURRENT STRATEGIES, NEW DIRECTIONS

Despite major advances in caries prevention, a large subset of the U.S . population still needs additional control measures. In numerous othe r countries, needs are escalating as caries rates continue to rise. Bu ilding on current strategies and new insights into the specific mechan isms of caries initiation, researchers are creatively using a variety of new technologies, especially in molecular biology, to fashion a new generation of preventive measures.