[Concept for the care of caries active patients in dental practice]

By help of a practical procedure the individual caries risk can be estimated. Regarding the individual caries risque and the age of the patient, therapeutical steps can be taken to reduce this risk. This concept of reducing the number of bakteries causing caries can be divided in therapeutical procedures, that can be made in the dental office and procedures, that can be made by home care. Therapeutical effects can be controlled by microbiological procedures.