This lecture will update a General Dental Practitioner or Dental Care Professional on caries management strategies for children and young people that can be implemented in a general dental practice setting. Caries management strategies such as SDF, Hall technique preformed crowns and preventive care will be explored along with practical tips for how to implement these in your working practice.

• •Understand approaches for managing children presenting in early infancy with caries
• •Be aware of different approaches to caries management through childhood to adolescence
• •Discuss applications of biological caries management
• •Learn strategies for opening a behaviour change discussion with a parent whose child presents with dental caries.