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The American Dental Association Caries Classification System (ADA CCS)

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The American Dental Association Caries Classification (ADA CCS) is a visual criterion developed to assist clinicians in categorizing all stages of the caries lesions. The criteria consist of 4 scores. The criteria can be used on coronal, root caries and caries around restorations. It categorizes lesions according to severity and activity. It is useful in caries detection and management.

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  1. University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY, USA

    Gregory Zeller

  2. Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Douglas A. Young

  3. Department of General Dentistry, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA, USA

    Brian Novy

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  1. Department of Comprehensive Care, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Andrea Ferreira Zandona

  2. King’s College London Dental Institute, London, UK

    Christopher Longbottom

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Zeller, G., Young, D.A., Novy, B. (2019). The American Dental Association Caries Classification System (ADA CCS). In: Ferreira Zandona, A., Longbottom, C. (eds) Detection and Assessment of Dental Caries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16967-1_7

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