Localized destruction of the tooth surface initiated by decalcification of the enamel followed by enzymatic lysis of organic structures and leading to cavity formation. If left unchecked, the cavity may penetrate the enamel and dentin and reach the pulp.
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| "Dental Caries are an uncommon, but significant side effect of the tricyclic antidepressants and other anticholinergic psychoactive drugs." | ( Bassuk, E; Schoonover, S, 1978) |
| "The prevention of dental caries is not only limited to the use of fluorides or sealants which, in combination with health education programmes and an appropriate oral hygiene, decrease the prevalence of the disease." | ( Borges Yáñez, SA, 1991) |
| "Since dental caries is associated with frequent use of sugar-containing products and since there is a potential risk for such a consumption among sportsmen, we conducted a clinical study of a group (n = 30) of 17-30-year old elite soccer players, including DFS and various caries-related factors, such as plaque index, numbers of cariogenic microorganisms in saliva and sugar intake frequency." | ( Birkhed, D; Ljungberg, G, 1990) |
| "The decline in dental caries is most probably due to an extended regular dental care with a strong preventive approach." | ( Holm, AK; Källestål, C; Ollinen, P, 1990) |
| "Since dental caries is multifactorial in nature, it is reasonable to assume that there is no single method, usable in the foreseeable future, which would lead to its eradication." | ( Isokangas, P; Makinen, KK, 1988) |
| "The evidence that dental caries is an infectious and transmitted disease in rodents is unequivocal." | ( Bowen, WH; Madison, KM; Pearson, SK, 1988) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases of man and is the major cause of tooth mortality in the young." | ( Gordon, Y; Reddy, J, 1985) |
| "Prevention of dental caries is most effectively and efficiently achieved by community-based methods, whether in economically developed or developing countries." | ( Burt, BA, 1984) |
| "Dental caries is nearly universal--no nation is free of this disease." | ( Horowitz, AM, 1983) |
| "Because dental caries is a public health problem in many countries, public policy to control the availability of highly cariogenic foods should be considered." | ( , 1984) |
| "A causal model of dental caries is suggested and some quantitative interpretations are made by means of path analyses." | ( Holm, AK; Persson, LA; Stecksén-Blicks, C, 1984) |
| "Changing the way dental caries is managed in clinical practice will require integrating new scientific information and technology into workable clinical procedures." | ( , 1995) |
| "Dental caries is a pandemic infectious disease which can affect the quality of life and consumes considerable health care resources." | ( Bennett, CA; Hujoel, PP; Isokangas, PJ; Isotupa, KP; Mäkinen, KK; Mäkinen, PL; Pape, HR, 1995) |
| "Dental caries is an infectious and transmissible disease that continues to affect the majority of people." | ( Bowen, WH; Holt, T; Pearson, SK; Tabchoury, CM, 1998) |
| "Dental caries is a bacterially based disease that progresses when acid produced by bacterial action on dietary fermentable carbohydrates diffuses into the tooth and dissolves the mineral, that is, demineralization." | ( Featherstone, JD, 1999) |
| "Dental caries is a dynamic process, which in its early stages is reversible and even in its more advanced stages can be arrested." | ( Zero, DT, 1999) |
| "Dental caries is a bacterially based disease." | ( Featherstone, JD, 2000) |
| "Dental caries is a continuous process of demineralisation and remineralization of the enamel and fluoride plays a key role in this process through its action at the plaque enamel interface." | ( Clarkson, JJ; McLoughlin, J, 2000) |
| "Dental caries is a highly prevalent chronic disease and its consequences cause a lot of pain and suffering." | ( Sheiham, A, 2001) |
| "Dental caries is an infectious disease of bacterial origin." | ( Caufield, PW; Dasanayake, AP; Li, Y, 2001) |
| "Dental caries is an important Dental public Health problem." | ( Anuradha, KP; Bhaskar, DJ; Saravanan, S, 2003) |
| "Dental caries is a common, chronic disease of childhood." | ( Broffitt, B; Burns, TL; Eichenberger-Gilmore, JM; Levy, SM; Marshall, TA; Stumbo, PJ; Warren, JJ, 2003) |
| "Dental caries is a complex disease process that afflicts a large proportion of the world's population, regardless of gender, age and ethnicity, although it does tend to affect more indivduals with a low socioeconomic status to a greater extent." | ( Flaitz, C; Garcia-Godoy, F; Hicks, J, 2004) |
| "Dental caries is a widespread disease." | ( Natapov, L; Ramon, T; Zusman, SP, 2004) |
| "Dental caries is a complex disease process that afflicts a large proportion of the world, regardless of gender, age and ethnicity, although it does tend to affect more with a low socioeconomic status to a greater extent." | ( Flaitz, C; Garcia-Godoy, F; Hicks, J, 2004) |
| "Dental caries is a bacterially mediated disease characterised by demineralisation of the tooth surface, which may lead to cavitation, discomfort, pain and eventual tooth loss." | ( Hooper, L; Johnson, T; McColl, D; Richardson, R; Rickard, GD, 2004) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most significant health problems facing older adults." | ( Meyerowitz, C; Saunders, RH, 2005) |
| "Dental caries is often referred to as an infectious disease, which means different things to different people." | ( Caufield, PW, 2005) |
| "Dental caries are one of the most common infectious diseases occurred in Thai children." | ( Soo-Ampon, S; Thaweboon, B; Thaweboon, S, 2004) |
| "Dental caries are an infectious, communicable disease resulting in destruction of tooth structure by acid-forming bacteria found in dental plaque, an intraoral biofilm, in the presence of sugar." | ( Guzmán-Armstrong, S, 2005) |
| "The occurrence of dental caries is mainly associated with oral pathogens, especially cariogenic Streptococcus mutans." | ( Choo, JH; Chung, JY; Hwang, JK; Lee, MH, 2006) |
| "Rampant dental caries is a characteristic finding in methamphetamine abusers." | ( Edwards, P; Kimmes, N; Saini, T; Shaner, JW, 2006) |
| "The disease of dental caries is not just demineralization, but a process of repeated demineralization cycles caused by an imbalance in the ecological and chemical equilibrium of the biofilm /tooth interface (the ecological plaque hypothesis)." | ( Bochenek, AJ; Brostek, AM; Walsh, LJ, 2006) |
| "Dental caries is a global disease with few populations exempt from its effects." | ( Myburgh, N; Naidoo, S, 2007) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases in humans, second only to the common cold." | ( Islam, B; Khan, AU; Khan, SN, 2007) |
| "Dental caries is a polymicrobial disease and complicated to treat." | ( Filoche, SK; Sissons, CH; Soma, D; van Bekkum, M, 2008) |
| "Abstract Dental caries is a transmissible bacterial disease process caused by acids from bacterial metabolism diffusing into enamel and dentine and dissolving the mineral." | ( Featherstone, JD, 2008) |
| "Dental caries is considered the most prevalent oral disease." | ( Brugnera, A; de Sant'Anna, GR; do Espírito Santo, AM; dos Santos, EA; Duarte, DA; Martin, AA; Pacheco-Soares, C; Soares, LE, 2009) |
| "Dental caries is a widespread chronic disease caused by glucolytic biofilms." | ( Hannig, C; Hannig, M, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is still an important problem in this population, despite the establishment of preventive measured." | ( Francischone, LA; Franzolin, Sde O; Gonçalves, A; Marta, SN; Padovani, CR, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is caused by a combination of infection and diet." | ( Holgerson, PL; Johansson, I; Kressin, NR; Nunn, ME; Tanner, AC, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is a highly prevalent diet-related disease and is a major public health problem." | ( Burrow, MF; Cai, F; Cochrane, NJ; Huq, NL; Reynolds, EC, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is influenced by a complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors, including dietary habits." | ( Brown, M; Cooper, ME; Crout, R; DeSensi, RS; Marazita, ML; McNeil, DW; Wang, X; Wendell, S; Weyant, RJ, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is one of the primary causes of tooth loss among adults." | ( Bader, JD; Fellows, JL; Gullion, CM; Hollis, JF; Laws, RL; Maupomé, G; Papas, AS; Snyder, JJ; Vollmer, WM; White, BA, 2010) |
| "Dental caries is the most common oral diseases, and it gives a serious threat to oral and general health." | ( Ieong, CC; Li, JY; Li, W; Zhang, LL; Zhou, XD, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is greatly influenced disease by environmental factors, but recently there are increasing evidences for a genetic component in caries susceptibility." | ( Cho, J; Kang, SW; Lee, HW; Yoon, I, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is the single most prevalent and costly infectious disease worldwide, affecting more than 90% of the population in the U." | ( Bowen, WH; Catalán, MA; Klein, MI; Koo, H; Melvin, JE; Scott-Anne, K, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is a diet-associated disease which continues to be a serious health problem in most industrialized and developing countries." | ( Mäkinen, KK, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is a public health problem." | ( Downer, MC; Foster, GR; Tickle, M, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is a common oral bacterial infectious disease of global concern." | ( Kuang, R; Lin, Y; Ni, L; Tao, R; Tian, Y; Tong, Z; Wang, P; Wang, W; Xue, Y, 2011) |
| "Dental caries is a chronic infectious disease of multifactorial etiology that derives from the interplay among cariogenic bacteria on the dentition, the host diet, and other environmental exposures." | ( Smith, EG; Spatafora, GA, 2012) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease affecting human populations around the world." | ( Baez, RJ; Lennon, MA; Petersen, PE, 2012) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease affecting human populations worldwide." | ( Petersen, PE; Phantumvanit, P, 2012) |
| "Dental caries is a common disease in children of all ages." | ( Broffitt, B; Cavanaugh, JE; Chankanka, O; Kolker, JL; Levy, SM; Marshall, TA; Warren, JJ, 2011) |
| "Early detection of dental caries is vital if improved patient outcomes are to be achieved by reversal of the demineralization process." | ( Dadlani, D; Mahoney, D; Mann, AB; Mohanty, B, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is an inflammatory disease with multifactorial etiology." | ( Bielawska, A; Bielawski, K; Gornowicz, A; Grabowska, SZ; Maciorkowska, E; Wójcicka, A; Zalewska, M, 2012) |
| "Dental caries is the single most common, chronic oral disease of childhood." | ( Chu, CH; Lam, A, 2012) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common global childhood diseases and is, for the most part, entirely preventable." | ( Adair, P; Armstrong, R; Burnside, G; Cooper, AM; Dugdill, L; Elison, SN; O'Malley, LA; Pine, C, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is omnipresent around the globe, affecting 60% to 90% of school children and most adults, and producing discomfort that affects quality of life." | ( Bayne, S; Meyer, D; Petersen, PE; Piper, D; Schmalz, G, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is a complex, multifactorial disease and one of the most common illnesses worldwide." | ( Holla, LI; Kukla, L; Kukletova, M; Linhartova, PB; Musilova, K; Trefna, T; Vlazny, J; Volckova, M, 2014) |
| "Globally, dental caries is categorized in the list of public health problems in preschool children." | ( Goel, NK; Goel, S; Raj, S; Sharma, VL, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is preventable - individuals, communities and countries need strategies to achieve this." | ( Rugg-Gunn, A, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that affects most populations throughout the world and it is still the primary cause of oral pain and tooth loss." | ( Jurić, H, 2013) |
| "The etiology of dental caries is multifactorial and one such factor is exposure to trace element such as lead." | ( Hegde, AM; Pradeep, KK, 2013) |
| "Dental caries is a continuum of stages from reversible, early lesions to irreversible, pre-cavitated lesions and, ultimately, to cavities." | ( Cummins, D; ten Cate, JM, 2013) |
| "In children, dental caries is among the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide." | ( Courson, F; Durieux, P; Fron Chabouis, H; Glenny, AM; Muller-Bolla, M; Smaïl-Faugeron, V, 2014) |
| "Dental caries is the most common microbial disease affecting mankind." | ( Blackburn, C; Chin, J; Srinivasan, M; Zhao, A, 2014) |
| "Though dental caries is highly heritable, few caries-related genes have been discovered." | ( Carlson, JC; Cooper, M; Crout, RJ; Feingold, E; Levy, SM; Maher, BS; Marazita, ML; McNeil, DW; Reis, SE; Shaffer, JR; Slayton, RL; Stanley, BO; Vanyukov, MM; Vieira, AR; Weyant, RJ; Willing, MC, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is closely associated with the microbial disequilibrium between acidogenic/aciduric pathogens and alkali-generating commensal residents within the dental plaque." | ( Cheng, L; Cheng, X; Li, J; Li, M; Li, Y; Qiu, W; Wang, L; Wang, S; Xu, X; Zheng, X; Zhou, X; Zhou, Y, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent oral disease in several Asian and Latin American countries." | ( Castilho, RO; De Luca, MP; Faraco, AA; Franca, JR; Moreira, AN; Ribeiro, TG; Santos, VR, 2014) |
| "Dental caries is the most widespread disease and an economic burden." | ( Cheng, L; Melo, MA; Weir, MD; Xu, HH; Zhang, K; Zhou, X, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is a highly prevalent chronic disease which affects the majority of people." | ( Ahmed, F; Moore, D; Riley, P; Sharif, MO; Worthington, HV, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is a common multifactorial disease, resulting from the interaction of biofilm, cariogenic diet and host response over time." | ( Bauer, P; Brancher, JA; Doetzer, AD; Mira, MT; Pecharki, GD; Riess, O; Schlipf, N; Trevilatto, PC; Werneck, R, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most frequent multifactorial diseases." | ( Bartosova, M; Borilova Linhartova, P; Dusek, L; Izakovicova Holla, L; Kastovsky, J; Kukla, L; Kukletova, M; Lucanova, S; Musilova, K, 2015) |
| "Although dental caries is strongly related to cariogenic biofilms, the effect of brief fluoride treatment on the virulence properties of biofilms has not been well studied." | ( Cai, JN; Jeon, JG; Jung, JE; Pandit, S, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is closely associated with the virulence of Streptococcus mutans." | ( Ding, Y; Guo, Q; Lamont, RJ; Li, J; Li, M; Li, Y; Liu, C; Niu, Y; Wang, S; Xu, X; Yang, Y; Zheng, X; Zhou, X, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is unique; it is a biological process occurring on essentially an inert surface." | ( Bowen, WH, 2016) |
| "Dental caries is considered a diet-mediated disease, as sugars are essential in the caries process." | ( Bernabé, E; Lundqvist, A; Sheiham, A; Suominen, AL; Vehkalahti, MM, 2016) |
| "The etiology of dental caries is multifactorial, but frequent consumption of free sugars, notably sucrose, appears to be a major factor driving the supragingival microbiota in the direction of dysbiosis." | ( Chen, R; Griffin, TJ; Higgins, L; Jagtap, PD; Johnson, JE; Markowski, TW; Reilly, CS; Rudney, JD, 2015) |
| "Dental caries is a common disease all over the world, despite the fact that it can be both effectively prevented and treated." | ( Lager, AH, 2014) |
| "Recurrent dental caries is a common cause of failure of tooth-colored restorations." | ( Arola, DD; Melo, MA; Orrego, S; Weir, MD; Xu, HH, 2016) |
| "Dental caries is a process driven by acids produced by oral microorganisms followed by degradation of the dentine collagen matrix by proteolytic enzymes." | ( Ericson, D; Hamberg, K; Hedenbjörk-Lager, A; Pääkkönen, V; Tjäderhane, L, 2016) |
| "The first sign of dental caries is denoted by white spot lesions (WSLs) which can be defined as a demineralization of the enamel surface and subsurface, although these lesions can be reversed and do not form cavities." | ( Caramelo, F; Carrilho, E; Coelho, AS; do Vale, F; Fernandes, AR; Ferreira, MM; Marto, CM; Paula, AB, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases and is caused by acid fermentation of bacteria adhered to the teeth." | ( Bao, JK; Bao, MY; Li, JZ; Li, YY; Liang, DF; Lu, KM; Luo, H; Sun, R; Wang, X, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is an infection of the mineralized tooth structures that advances when acid secreted by bacterial action on dietary carbohydrates diffuses and dissolves the tooth mineral leading to demineralization." | ( Abburi, S; Doble, M; Jayasree, R; Kumar, TSS; Mahalaxmi, S; Rubaiya, Y, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is prevalent, and secondary caries causes restoration failures." | ( Bai, YX; Cheng, L; Melo, MAS; Reynolds, MA; Weir, MD; Xu, HHK; Zhang, K; Zhang, N; Zhou, XD, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues." | ( Ekstrand, K; Ismail, A; Marsh, PD; Pitts, NB; Ramos-Gomez, F; Tagami, J; Tsakos, G; Twetman, S; Weintraub, JA; Zero, DT, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is a costly and prevalent disease characterized by the demineralization of the tooth's enamel." | ( Blackledge, MS; Eipers, P; Garcia, SS; Lefkowitz, EJ; Melander, C; Michalek, S; Morrow, C; Ptacek, T; Su, L; Wu, H, 2017) |
| "Peripheral dental caries is defined as macroscopic destruction of the calcified dental tissues and can cause considerable dental pathology and pain." | ( Jackson, K; Kelty, E; Tennant, M, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is closely associated with the microbial dybiosis between acidogenic/aciduric pathogens and alkali-generating commensal bacteria colonized in the oral cavity." | ( Cheng, L; Hao, Y; He, J; Huang, S; Li, J; Peng, X; Wang, L; Xu, J; Xu, X; Zheng, L; Zheng, X; Zhou, S; Zhou, X, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is a chronic infectious disease that affects billions of people with large individual differences in activity." | ( Danielsson, K; Esberg, A; Källestål, C; Löfgren-Burström, A; Mårell, L; Sheng, N; Strömberg, N, 2017) |
| "Dental caries is a disease that results from microbiome dysbiosis with the involvement of multiple cariogenic species, including mutans streptococci (MS), lactobacilli, Scardovia wiggsiae, and several Actinomyces species that have the cariogenic traits of acid production and acid tolerance." | ( Zhan, L, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is considered a multifactorial disease, in which microorganisms play an important role." | ( de Barros, AL; Florez Salamanca, EJ; Klein, MI; Lobo, CIV; Rocha, GR, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is the most common, chronic, noncommunicable, preventable oral disease worldwide." | ( Ahmadi-Motamayel, F; Darvishi, M; Goodarzi, MT; Jamshidi, Z; Mahdavinezhad, A, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is related to cariogenic bacteria, salivary components, oral hygiene and host susceptibility." | ( Qin, M; Wang, M, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases that affect human teeth." | ( Harper, RA; Korsunsky, AM; Landini, G; Salvati, E; Shelton, RM; Sui, T; Zhang, H, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is a big public health problem which is prevalent in the highest degree worldwide, especially in lower socioeconomic levels." | ( Basir, L; Kalhori, S; Khaneh Masjedi, M; Zare Javid, A, 2018) |
| "Today, dental caries is regarded as a preventable non-communicable disease (NCD) that affects a majority of the population across their lifespan." | ( Twetman, S, 2018) |
| "Dental caries is associated with plaque dysbiosis, leading to an increase in the proportions of acidogenic and aciduric bacteria at the expense of alkali-generating commensal species." | ( Butler, CA; Catmull, DV; D'Cruze, T; Dashper, SG; Hoffmann, B; Liu, SW; Mitchell, HL; Reynolds, C; Reynolds, EC; Shen, P; Sim, CPC; Walker, GD; Yuan, Y, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is a recognized worldwide public health problem." | ( Bossù, M; Bruni, E; Di Giorgio, G; Familiari, G; Polimeni, A; Relucenti, M; Saccucci, M; Salucci, A; Sarto, MS; Uccelletti, D, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is a chronic, infectious, and destructive disease that allows bacteria to break into the dental pulp tissue." | ( Feng, Z; Li, D; Meng, R; Xu, Q, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is multifactorial disease and an important health problem worldwide." | ( Alvear, M; Salazar, LA; Veloz, JJ, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is a bacterially mediated disease characterised by demineralisation of the tooth surface, which may lead to cavitation, discomfort, pain and eventual tooth loss." | ( Hooper, L; Johnson, TM; McColl, DC; Richardson, RJ; Rickard, GD, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is a bacteria-caused condition classified among the most common chronic diseases worldwide." | ( Chatzistavrou, X; Ge, L; Papagerakis, P; Qin, M; Wang, Y; Zhu, N, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is a type of oral microbiome dysbiosis and biofilm infection that affects oral and systemic conditions." | ( Hirai, K; Ito, T; Ito, Y; Mineshiba, F; Omori, K; Takashiba, S; Yamamoto, T; Yamashiro, K, 2020) |
| "Dental caries are the most prominent chronic disease of children and adults worldwide, and facilitating evidence-based, preventative care for their prevention is critical." | ( Carlson, BN; Delimont, NM, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is a public health problem." | ( Banda, NR; Kulkarni, D; Mishra, N; Singh, G; Srivastava, E; Trivedi, A; Trivedi, S, 2019) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic oral diseases worldwide." | ( Alshahrani, AM; Gregory, RL, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is a common cause for tooth loss and Streptococcus mutans is identified as the etiologic pathogen." | ( Arokiyaraj, S; Ashok, G; Bharanidharan, R; Chellappandian, M; Hairul Islam, MI; Harikrishnan, P; Kuralarasan, M; Muralidaran, S; Saravanan, S; Senthil Kumar, V; Thirugnanasambantham, K, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is the most common childhood disease." | ( Balhaddad, AA; Collares, FM; Garcia, IM; Ibrahim, MS; Melo, MAS; Weir, MD; Xu, HHK, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is the most common chronic childhood disease." | ( Gallen, M; Mancl, L; Milgrom, P; Rothen, M; Tanzer, JM; Tut, O, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is the most common disease in the human mouth." | ( Ding, L; Li, H; Li, W; Niu, Y; Ren, Q; Wang, K; Wang, Y; Zhang, L; Zheng, S, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is a chronic disease with multiple bacterial infections, Streptococcus mutans is the main cariogenic bacteria." | ( Ji, ZH; Jiang, M; Li, KA; Tian, SG; Yan, L, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is an infectious disease with predominantly of cariogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans (S mutans)." | ( Akgül, Ö; Çayirgan, D; Öner Özdaş, D; Topaloğlu Ak, A; Uslu, M; Zorlu, S, 2020) |
| "Recurrent dental caries is one of the main reasons for resin composite restoration failures." | ( Arola, DD; Bhadila, G; Filemban, H; Melo, MAS; Oates, TW; Sun, J; Tay, FR; Wang, X; Weir, MD; Xu, HHK, 2020) |
| "Dental caries is the most frequent biofilm-related human infectious disease in the oral cavity." | ( Cui, X; Tang, C; Wang, L; Zhang, Y; Zhou, F; Zhu, Y; Zuo, Y, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common disorders in dentistry." | ( Li, Z; Ma, J; Shao, X; Su, M; Wang, S; Yang, H; Zhang, J; Zhou, Z, 2021) |
| "Untreated dental caries is the most prevalent disease worldwide." | ( Eick, S; Lussi, A, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that causes reversible decalcification and cavitation of susceptible teeth exposed to sugary substrates over a period of time in the oral cavity." | ( Ayedun, OS; Oredugba, FA; Sote, EO, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is closely associated with acid-producing bacteria, and Streptococcus mutans is one of the primary etiological agents." | ( Fan, M; Li, J; Li, M; Liang, K; Liu, Y; Tao, S; Weir, MD; Xu, HHK; Yang, J; Yu, Z; Zhou, X, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent non-communicable health condition globally." | ( Aleksejuniene, J; Puriene, A; Stangvaltaite-Mouhat, L; Stankeviciene, I, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is a high prevalent chronic bacterial infectious disease caused by plaque, a bacterial colony deposited on tooth surfaces and gum tissues." | ( Hwang, YS; Nam, YJ, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most important oral health problems and a common infectious microbial disease." | ( Bagherniya, M; Ehteshami, A; Gharibpour, F; Sahebkar, A; Sathyapalan, T; Shirban, F, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common multifactorial oral diseases and can be prevented using pit and fissure sealants." | ( Bhat P, D; Dasgupta, A; Gadipelly, T; Lewis, A; Natarajan, S; Netalkar, PP; Sr, M; Ym, K, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is still one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide." | ( Enax, J; Limeback, H; Meyer, F, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common oral diseases around the world." | ( Fan, MW; Xu, QA, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is an unalterable course that leads to everlasting loss of dental hard tissues with eventual formation of a cavity." | ( Almoteb, MM; Alqhtani, MR; Archana, SP; Arumugasamy, N; Punathil, S; Sathydevi, P, 2021) |
| "Dental caries is a common but preventable, multifactorial disease in children." | ( Alamray, SF; Alsayed, SS; Alsisi, LH; Bahammam, SA; Fadel, HT; Zolaly, GY, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease in US children, with the highest burden among Black and Hispanic youth." | ( Chi, DL; Gustafsson, HC; Levy, SM; McKinney, CM; Melough, MM; Sathyanarayana, S; Sullivan, EL; Zohoori, FV, 2023) |
| "Children's dental caries are influenced by several factors, among which diet is one of the most highlighted ones." | ( Abedinzade, A; Mahizadeh, H; Mirahmadizadeh, A; Mokhtari, AM; Vali, M; Zahmatkesh, S, 2022) |
| "Untreated dental caries is the most common disease globally and fluoride use at the population level is crucial for its control." | ( Frazão, P, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most common bacteria-related oral diseases, and the cariogenic bacteria play critical roles in its pathogenesis." | ( Dong, Z; Huang, Z; Peng, Q; Shu, X; Zhang, C; Zhu, T, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is associated with caries-related streptococci and antimicrobial agents have been widely used for caries control, but troubled by antibiotic resistance." | ( Jiang, X; Li, X; Takahashi, N; Wang, Y; Washio, J; Zeng, Y; Zhang, L; Zhao, X, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is a major public oral infectious disease globally due to its high prevalence and significant social impact." | ( Araya, T; Asmelash, T; Dhandapani, R; Gebregziabher, D; Kahsay, G; Kiros, A; Niguse, S; Paramasivam, R; Saravanan, M, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is the major biofilm-mediated oral disease in the world." | ( Ceballos, L; Fernández-García, P; Ferrer-Luque, CM; Fuentes, MV; García-Muñoz, RA; Giráldez, I; López-Ruiz, M; Martínez-Erro, S; Morales, V; Navas, F; Ruiz-Linares, M; Sanz, R, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is the major biofilm-mediated oral disease in the world." | ( Ceballos, L; Fernández-García, P; Ferrer-Luque, CM; Fuentes, MV; García-Muñoz, RA; Giráldez, I; López-Ruiz, M; Martínez-Erro, S; Morales, V; Navas, F; Ruiz-Linares, M; Sanz, R, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most widespread chronic infectious diseases in the world." | ( Berger, V; Evstafeva, D; Green Buzhor, M; Leroux, JC; Mügeli, L, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is one of the oldest and most common infections in humans." | ( Gao, M; Hu, X; Liao, X; Pan, Y; Qiu, L; Shen, Y; Sun, Y; Wang, M; Xu, P; Yu, F; Zhang, L, 2022) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases among preschool children globally." | ( Choong, EKM; Chu, CH; Duangthip, D; He, S; Lo, ECM, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is the most common biofilm-dependent oral disease." | ( MoadabShoar, Z; Negahban, M; Torshabi, M, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is a biofilm-related disease, widely perceived to be caused by oral ecological imbalance when cariogenic/aciduric bacteria obtain an ecological advantage." | ( Feng, Z; Han, S; Liu, Z; Lu, J; Luo, J; Lv, X; Wang, K; Zhang, L, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is a worldwide challenge for public health." | ( Amaechi, BT; Enax, J; Gawriolek, M; Hernik, A; Kaminska, I; Krahel, A; Lapinska-Antonczuk, J; Limeback, H; May, TW; Meyer, F; Otulakowska-Skrzynska, J; Paszynska, E; Pawinska, M; Schulze Zur Wiesche, E; Stokowska, E, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease globally, significantly impacting individuals' quality of life." | ( Guan, B; Kang, Y; Li, Y; Liu, D; Liu, M; Wen, Y; Xue, M; Zhao, D, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is among the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide." | ( DePaolo, A; Driscoll, H; Drummond, IY; Eckstrom, K; Krieger, M; Spatafora, GA, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is the most common human disease caused by oral biofilms despite the widespread use of fluoride as the primary anticaries agent." | ( Alawi, F; Boyer, S; Buckley, C; Cormode, DP; Hsu, JC; Huang, Y; Ito, T; Joester, D; Kim, D; Koo, H; Li, Y; Liu, Y; Oh, MJ; Pandey, NK; Ren, Z; Shah, S; Simon-Soro, A; Smeets, PJM; Xiang, Z; Zero, DT; Zhao, X, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is a major public health problem globally." | ( Abdalla, MM; Abdallah, NMA; Bijle, MN; Yiu, CKY, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is common in children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years and potentially amenable to primary care screening and prevention." | ( Ahmed, A; Bougatsos, C; Chou, R; Fu, R; Griffin, J; Nix, C; Schwarz, E; Selph, SS, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is a chronic oral disease caused by microbial infections, which result in erosion of the dental enamel and cause irreversible damage." | ( Eun, SH; Han, CY; Im, AR; Kim, H; Kim, MG; Lee, B, 2023) |
| "Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases globally in both children and adults." | ( Boesch, C; Do, T; Maycock, J; Saha, S; Wood, S, 2023) |