Minimally invasive treatment is a concept that has become an integral part of modern dental medicine. With its main ideas of prevention, control and sparing treatment, it has a universal character, but one of the most common and undoubted applications is the treatment of dental caries.
On the one hand, it is the desire to treat the teeth as gently as possible, quickly and with predictable results, but on the other hand there are a lot of questions and problems related to the diagnosis and assessment of the situation, clarification of the causes of failure, choice of healing method and selection of material, preparation of a treatment plan, evaluation criteria, etc.
The correction of obturations is a part of minimally invasive dentistry. It requires good knowledge, desire and some experience.
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