Dental caries is an infectious microbiologic disease which causes dissolution and destruction of calcified tissues of tooth structure. Initially patient may not feel .....
Tooth decay is a very widespread disease and is five times common than asthma. Most of its victims are children and pre teen kids as they have a sweet tooth and .....
Tooth decay occurs when due to some problems the structure of tooth breaks down, and the tooth enamel develops cracks or fissures. It should be treated immediately, .....
Enamel Hypoplasia is the most common abnormality of development and mineralization of human teeth. The lesion is characterized by a quantitative defect in enamel .....
Since man broke from the natural food chain & developed new energy resources and applied technology to food processing, our dietary habits have undergone major .....
Vitamin D along with parathyroid hormone and calcitonin play primary roles in regulating the concentration of calcium and inorganic phosphate in .....
Beyond the classical Hopewood and Vipeholm studies, data on cariogenicity of foods in humans are sparse. It is not practical to subject the myriads of foods developed .....
Ideally every body wants to have carious free mouth with no decay and where dental filling is not required. But this is not the case always. Because of unhealthy .....
The word “CARIES” is derived from the Latin word meaning ‘ROT’ or ‘DECAY’. Dental caries, also known as dental decay or a cavity .....
Dental Caries is one of the most common infectious dental diseases known to man. The three main factors which are responsible for the tooth decay are
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Cariogenic diet means the diet which can cause caries or we say which has potential to cause caries if the precautions are not taken. Before saying that whether .....
The main cause of caries is the food impaction. The bacteria present in the mouth ferment the food and produce acid. This acid causes the decay of the tooth and .....