**Meet the editor**

LI, Ming-yu is an associate professor of Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Medical College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was born on March 18, 1961, Changchun, China. He got his DDS Degree in 1984 from Baiqiuen Medical University. And he got his PhD Degree in 1993 from Medical College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University where he also

started his faculty position. His general research interests focus on two research areas. One area is to identify oral microbial related to clinical diseases, to understand what the main pathogenic bacteria are. The other area is to investigate the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity for caries and periodontal disease. He is the author of nearly 100 research papers.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Caries Through Time: An Anthropological Overview 3** 

**in Juvenile Individuals with Limited Dental Care: Example from an Early Middle Age Population** 

**(Great Moravia, 9th-10th Centuries A.D., Czech Republic) 35**  Virginie Gonzalez-Garcin, Gaëlle Soulard, Petr Velemínský,

**Agents to Mineral Loss After Cariogenic Challenge 75** 

Luis Pezo Lanfranco and Sabine Eggers

Chapter 2 **Socioeconomic Influence on Caries Susceptibility** 

**on the Caries Lesion Development 63** 

Chapter 4 **Susceptibility of Enamel Treated with Bleaching** 

Hüseyin Tezel and Hande Kemaloğlu

Chapter 5 **Statistical Models for Dental Caries Data 93** 

Chapter 6 **Traditional and Novel Caries Detection Methods 105**  Michele Baffi Diniz, Jonas de Almeida Rodrigues

Elena Guerrero, Manuela Herrera and Rafael Llamas

**The Role of Laser Fluorescence 129**  Camilo Abalos, Amparo Jiménez-Planas,

Petra Stránská and Jaroslav Bruzek

Chapter 3 **Impacted Teeth and Their Influence** 

Amila Brkić

David Todem

and Adrian Lussi

**Part 2 The Diagnosis of Caries 103** 

Chapter 7 **How to Diagnose Hidden Caries?** 

**Part 1 The Caries 1** 
