3 - Dental Caries etiology and pathogenesiss

Question 1

What is dental caries

Answer 1

It is a pathoglogical process caused by the cariogenic microorganisms in dental plaque

Question 2

The 3 main etiological factors for caries is?

Answer 2

Hard dental tissue resistance
Dental plaque
Carbohydrate intake

Question 3

Name the 5 ways saliva can influence the caries frequency

Answer 3

1 - mechanical cleaning
2 - enamel solubility decreases with calcium phosphor and fluoride supply to plaque
3 - acid buffering and neutralization
4 - direct antibacterial activity
5 - reduction of bacterial adhesion to DHT

Question 4

Demineralization occurs in case of ( 5 steps)

Answer 4

Low molecular weight carbohydrates intake
Saliva Ph below 5,5
Poor oral hygiene, plaque with cariogenic potential
Lack of calcium phosphor and fluoride in saliva
Disturbance in saliva buffering system

Question 5

Remineralization occurs in case of

Answer 5

No low weight carbohydrate intake
Ph above 5,5
Saliva abundant in calcium phosphor and fluoride 
Good oral hygiene
Preserved saliva buffering system

Question 6

Theories of dental caries development

Answer 6

Acidogenic
Proteolytic
Proteolytic chelation
Contemporary ionic conception

Question 7

Caries pathophyiology involves how many stages

Answer 7

4 stages

Question 8

Name the subsurface development of enamel caries

Answer 8

Translucent zone
Dark zone
Body of lesion
Surface zone

Question 9

Chronic caries layers

Answer 9

Destruction and cavitation
Infected dentin
Demineralized dentin
Sclerotic dentin
Reparative dentin

Question 10

Acute caries

Answer 10

Destruction and cavitation
Infected dentin
Demineralized dentin