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Dietary Counselling in Caries Prevention


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1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College Hospital, Nithyananda Nagar P.O., Deralakatte, Mangalore-575 018, Karnataka, India
     

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Dental caries is an infectious, microbiological disease that results in localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified tissues of the teeth. Dental caries is a multifactorial disease requiring the presence of a susceptible host, cariogenic microflora, and a diet conducive to enamel demineralization. It is a disease that dates back to antiquity and occurs in populations that have never used sugar or processed foods. Dental caries is considered a disease of modem civilization, since prehistoric man rarely suffered from this form of tooth destruction.
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Sham S. Bhat
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College Hospital, Nithyananda Nagar P.O., Deralakatte, Mangalore-575 018, Karnataka, India
Sharan S. Sargod
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College Hospital, Nithyananda Nagar P.O., Deralakatte, Mangalore-575 018, Karnataka, India
Dilip George
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Yenepoya Dental College Hospital, Nithyananda Nagar P.O., Deralakatte, Mangalore-575 018, Karnataka, India

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Dental caries is an infectious, microbiological disease that results in localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified tissues of the teeth. Dental caries is a multifactorial disease requiring the presence of a susceptible host, cariogenic microflora, and a diet conducive to enamel demineralization. It is a disease that dates back to antiquity and occurs in populations that have never used sugar or processed foods. Dental caries is considered a disease of modem civilization, since prehistoric man rarely suffered from this form of tooth destruction.