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Dental caries

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 3, Article number: 17031 (2017) Cite this article

Dental caries formation can affect individuals at any age and involves the interaction between the tooth, the microbial biofilm at the tooth surface and dietary sugars. This PrimeView, which accompanies the Primer by Pitts et al., focuses on the pathophysiology of dental caries formation.

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Dental caries. Nat Rev Dis Primers 3, 17031 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2017.31

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