[Diagnostic methods in restorative dentistry--clinical aids]

Diagnostic methods in restorative dentistry are still based on history taking and clinical examinations. Clinical findings, however, reflect only processes in the microscopic range. The correlation of macroscopic symptoms and histological findings is indispensable. In dentistry, and especially in restorative dentistry, too, laboratory findings will assume more and more importance as already is the case in periodontology and cardiology.