Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Dental caries is a common chronic infectious, transmissible disease resulting from tooth-adherent specific bacteria, primarily Streptococci Mutans that metabolize sugars to produce acid, which over time, demineralizes the tooth structure. Despite the advancements in dental caries detection and prevention, it is still a common infectious disease. Even with recent dental caries research, most clinical practice is still based on treating the disease by restorative treatment once it is detected, rather than on prevention.