| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - According to the National Institutes of Health, dental caries is an infectious disease, resulting in destruction by acid-forming bacteria found in dental plaque in the presence of sugar.1 Noteworthy is that caries progression is dependent upon time and personal factors such as oral hygiene, diet, saliva, fluoride exposure, education, socioeconomic status, and behavior.2 Like most diseases detected
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