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Dental caries is caused by a bacterial infection that is prevalent worldwide. This article discusses the scientific evidence that vaccination could prevent the spread of this disease, and it puts forward the argument, in terms of public health, for the development of such a vaccine.
In this article, the ways in which dendritic-cell nomenclature has evolved are discussed, focusing on the new trend to specifically define a dendritic cell not only by its phenotypic maturation state but also by its function.