Part I. The Disease and its Diagnosis.

Chapter 2. What is caries? - an introduction: Ole Fejerskov, Edwina Kidd, Bente Nyvad & Vibeke Baelum.

Chapter 3. Clinical appearances of caries lesions: Ole Fejerskov, Bente Nyvad, Edwina Kidd.

Chapter 4. Pathology of dental caries: Ole Fejerskov, Bente Nyvad, Edwina Kidd.

Chapter 5. Visual/tactile caries diagnosis: Bente Nyvad, Ole Fejerskov, Vibeke Baelum.

Chapter 6. Radiography for caries diagnosis: Ingegerd Mejare, Edwina Kidd.

Chapter 7. Additional diagnostic measures: Adrian Lussi, Birgit Angmar-Mansson.

Chapter 8. What is good diagnostic practice?: Vibeke Baelum, Bente Nyvad, Hans-Göran Gröndal, Ole Fejerskov.

Part II. Clinical Caries Epidemiology.

Chapter 9. Epidemiology of dental caries: Brian Burt, Vibeke Baelum, Ole Fejerskov.

Chapter 10. The impact of diagnostic criteria on estimates of prevalence, extent, and severity of dental caries: Nigel Pitts.

Part III. Dental Caries in a Biological Context.

Chapter 11. The oral microflora and biofilms on teeth: Phil Marsh, Bente Nyvad.

Chapter 12. The role of saliva: Allan Bardow, Folke Lagelöf, Birgitte Nauntofte, Jorma Tenovuo.

Chapter 13. Chemical interaction between the tooth and oral fluids: Bob ten Cate, Mogens Joost Larsen, Evan Pearce, Ole Fejerskov.

Chapter 14. Erosion of the tooth: Mogens Joost Larsen.

Part IV. Non-Operative Therapy.

Chapter 15. The control of dental caries: non-operative treatment: Edwina Kidd, Ole Fejerskov.

Chapter 16. The role of oral hygiene: Bente Nyvad.

Chapter 17. Antimicrobials in caries control: Anna Aa Scheie.

Chapter 18. Might caries control involve immunization and gene-therapy?: Roy Russell.

Chapter 19. Fluorides in caries control: Roger Ellwood, Ole Fejerskov, Jaime Cury, Brian Clarkson.

Chapter 20. The role of dietary control: Domenick Zero, Paula Moynihan, Peter Lingström, Dowen Birkhed.

Part V. Operative Intervention.

Chapter 21. The role of operative treatment: Edwina Kidd, Peter van Amerongen, Evert van Amerongen.

Chapter 22. Caries removal and the pulpo dentinal complex: Edwina Kidd, Lars Bjørndal, David Beighton, Ole Fejerskov.

Chapter 23. Restoring the tooth: "the seal is the deal": Peter van Amerongen, Evert van Amerongen, Timothy Watson, Nick Opdam, Joost Roeters, Dirk Bittermann, Edwina Kidd.

Chapter 24. The Atraumatic Restorative Treatment Approach (ART): Jo Frencken, Evert van Amerongen.

Chapter 25. Longevity of restorations - "the death spiral": Vibeke Qvist.

Part VI. Caries Control and Prediction.

Chapter 26. Clinical decision making: Technical solutions to biological problems or evidence-based caries management?: Vibeke Baelum.

Chapter 27. Promoting Oral Health in Populations: Elizabeth Kay, Rebecca Craven.

Chapter 28. Caries control for the individual patient: Edwina Kidd, Bente Nyvad, Ivar Espelid.

Chapter 29. Caries control for populations: Vibeke Baelum, Aubrey Sheiham, Brian Burt.

Chapter 30. Caries prediction: Hannu Hausen.

Chapter 31. Preventing dental caries - what are the costs?: Jocelyne Feine, Nekky Jamal, Shahrokh Esfandiari.

Part VII. Dentistry in the 21st Century.

Chapter 32. Variation in clinical decision making related to caries: James Bader, Daniel Shugars.

Chapter 33. "For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health…": The role of dentistry in controlling caries and periodontitis globally: Vibeke Baelum, Wim van Palenstein Helderman, Anders Hugoson, Robert Yee, Ole Fejerskov