Speakers - 2026

Title: Minimal invasive care: Current trends in dentistry

Abstract

Minimal Invasive Care (MIC) emphasizes prevention, early detection, and healing of dental caries with minimal or no removal of tooth structure. This presentation incorporates evidence-based preventive strategies, early diagnostic techniques, and noninvasive caries management. Presentation will discuss traditional caries-prevention methods including dietary counseling, oral hygiene instruction, water fluoridation, and topical fluoride. Newer adjunctive approaches, such as xylitol gum and povidone-iodine protocols are increasingly incorporated into preventive regimens. This presentation reviews established early caries-detection techniques while highlighting emerging innovations, including AI-assisted radiographic caries detection, salivary diagnostic testing, and advanced detection tools. It concludes with a discussion with some commonly used  minimally invasive treatment options and introduces promising developments such as self-assembling peptide P11-4 for early enamel lesion repair.