IAmSomebody! It's difficult being a new dentist associate doing exams and finding these lesions that actually need treatment. Did the dentist wear loupes for exam? Drying the teeth of saliva? They weren't charted as watches or patients aren't aware of their presence, who have come in every six months. It comes down to a matter of whom the patient trusts. ■ Member Since: 10/06/06 Post: 11 of 60 2/18/2019 RichardEhrlich I'll photograph all this stuff. I record Diagnodent readings for the pits and ICDAS readings via CariVu. The real value comes in rechecking them in the future. If the borderline cases haven't progressed, I don't touch them; if they are increasing, we're going in. The hard part is assessing the patient's caries risk, and getting them low risk enough that these don't progress if you can. That's a different discussion. I've had lots of luck stabilizing early lesions for many years in interested patients. Some patients are refractory or uncooperative, and we have to restore it all. ■ Member Since: 01/21/16 Post: 13 of 60 2/19/2019 FREE FACTS, circle 14 on card dentaltown.com \\ MAY 2019 43http://www.hagarworldwide.com http://www.dentaltown.com