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Review
. 2000 Dec;45(4):235-45.
doi: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2000.tb00257.x.

Dental caries is a preventable infectious disease

M Balakrishnan  1 , R S Simmonds, J R Tagg
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Review

Dental caries is a preventable infectious disease

M Balakrishnan et al. Aust Dent J. 2000 Dec.
Free article

Abstract

Dental caries is the most common infectious disease affecting humans. The principal causative agents are a group of streptococcal species collectively referred to as the mutans streptococci of which Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are the most important agents of human caries. This review outlines what is currently known about these ubiquitous pathogens and discusses novel methods for elimination of these bacteria from dental plaque.

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