Hidden caries: What is it? Does it exist
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Dr. David Ricketts; Edwina Kidd; Karin Weerheijm; Hans de Soet
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Article
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1997
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FDI World Dental Federation
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English
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Hidden caries is a term used to describe occlusal dentine caries that is missed on a visual examination, but is large enough and demineralised enough to be detected radiographically. The detection rate of such lesions will depend upon the prevalence of caries in the population and the frequency with