Caria recidivantă este procesul patologic care se dezvoltă sub obturaţiile coronare, aparent corect efectuate şi care are tendinţa de a evolua spre camera pulpară,infectînd pulpa dentară, sau spre suprafaţa dintelui producînd fracturarea acestuia.Pentru a evita consecinţele nefaste ale cariei recidivante este necesar de a diagnostica, diferenţia şi trata corect caria recidivantă.În baza surselor bibliografice studiate şi în baza studiului efectuat au fost elaborate date cu privire la depistarea cariei recidivante şi tratamentul cariei prin metode moderne aplicate.

Recurrent caries is a pathologic process wich develops under crown restoration apparently properly made and has a tendency to develop into the pulp chamber, infecting the pulp and tooth surface wich can lead to tooth fracture.To avoid adverse consequences of recurrent caries is necessary to diagnose, to differentiate and treat correctly the recurrent caries.Based on bibliographic sources of recurrent caries was elaborated data on recurrent caries detection and caries treatment applying modern methods.