• Better prevention will result in smaller carious lesions being diagnosed at an earlier stage
• White spot lesions are amenable to being repaired using biomimetic technologies
• Digital technology will improve diagnosis but will also assist practitioners in the monitoring of lesions
• When operative intervention is indicated it will be of a minimal nature. Following validation, newer techniques for caries removal will become the norm
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