Secondary caries

Caries has developed again under the filling (white) of tooth 46

Secondary caries is a term used in dentistry .

It describes a renewed formation of caries on a carious area that has already been treated, for example on a protruding, insufficiently dense or damaged filling or crown margin .

See also: predilection point

Secondary caries is to be distinguished from caries recurrence , which is based on inadequately treated caries.

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