Selective Removal to Soft Dentine vs Selective Removal to Firm Dentine for Deep Posterior Caries Lesions

In order to prevent pulp exposure in deep caries lesions radiographically extending at least 3/4 of dentin, periphery of the cavity prepared to hard dentin while reasonable amount of soft carious tissue over the pulp is left. This caries removal strategy is termed selective removal to soft dentine.

Carious tissue is totally removed until hard dentin dry in appearance and hard on probing. This carious removal strategy is strongly recommended for shallow or moderately deep carious lesions.