The overall goal of this course is to provide an introduction to fluorescence-enhanced therapy and diagnosis for minimally invasive caries management to maximize hard tissue preservation in the patients’ best interest. The tool, called Reveal, which visualizes the phases of caries, is a loupe and light combination that shines fluorescent light onto teeth under a specified magnification so probing and radiography no longer need to be the only methods of diagnosis.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the difference between “classic” caries lesion diagnosis and fluorescence-enhanced therapy and diagnosis
- Conceptualize minimally invasive caries management and caries therapy combined with diagnosis (theragnosis)
- Visually differentiate various phases of active caries lesions
- Identify hard tissue worth preserving during minimally invasive caries management
- Follow a step-by-step protocol for diagnosis, subsequent differential diagnosis, and then treatment option selection.
