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ABSTRACT
This review explores the multifactorial etiology of dental caries disease. Current theories suggest that a singular focus on mutans streptococci and lactobacillus as the sole causative microbiological agents is no longer a viable strategy in treatment of this prevalent disease. Dental caries is an infectious transmissible disease process where a cariogenic biofilm in the presence of an oral status that is more pathological than protective leads to the demineralization of dental hard tissue.1
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V. Kim Kutsch
V. Kim Kutsch, DMD, is in clinical practice in Albany, Ore.
Douglas A. Young
Douglas A. Young, DDS, EDD, MBA, MS, is with the Department of Dental Practice, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, in San Francisco.