Question 77 (part 2) · LDEK · Caries risk assessment and prevention

Which of the below-mentioned factors does not influence the decrease the value of DMF index in examined population:

  1. A. removing the carious dentin by preparing the carious cavities.
  2. B. filling all of the carious lesions.
  3. C. filling all of the non-carious lesions.
  4. D. qualifying and extracting teeth, which mineralised tissues have been destroyed due to caries.
  5. E. implementing anti-caries prophylaxis, adequate to the oral cavity state of examined patients.
Hint

Recall exactly which conditions are counted in the D, M and F components of the index.

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