Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Dental Caries Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9780867153620 ISBN-10: 0867153628 Copyright: 2000 Edition: 1st Author: Axelsson, Per Doody's Expert Review    Score: 89 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Robin Hathorn,  DDS, MS  (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Description This is the second volume in a planned 5-volume series on preventive and community dentistry. The first volume, published last year, was entitled An Introduction to Risk Prediction and Preventive Dentistry. Purpose The author presents current knowledge of caries etiology, host susceptibility, risk factors, caries diagnosis, and epidemiology. Dental caries is an issue rarely discussed in this level of detail, and the author covers the subject comprehensively. Audience This book is intended for general dentists. The content may be of most interest to dentists treating high-risk populations, academics, and those interested in dental community health or minimally invasive dentistry. The author has been researching preventive dental services in Sweden for 25 years. Features This volume begins with a review of cariology and oral microbiology. Subsequent sections cover host factors, diet, systemic disease, and hard tissue contributions to development of caries. There are extensive black-and- white and color illustrations. Graphs from Axelsson and other researchers are used throughout to highlight hard data and trends over time. Large sections are devoted to prediction of individual caries risk, including practical algorithms for rapid assessment of age-stratified caries risk. The 70-page chapter devoted to diagnosis and treatment of incipient decay and early caries is particularly well illustrated. It expounds the European sensibility for explorer-free caries detection and remineralization. For U.S. readers, this provides a counterpoint to methods taught in dental schools. The volume concludes with a critical review of epidemiology and diagnostic methods. Assessment This book provides a comprehensive discussion of modern methods of diagnosing caries on the individual and population levels. There is a wealth of condensed research data and information for individual practitioners relating to trends in modern dental practice. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 8 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 3 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 3 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 5 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2025 Doody Enterprises, Inc.