Dental Caries
, Definition of Dental Caries
• Scientific Definition: A biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial,
dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and
remineralization of dental hard tissues.
• Clinical Definition: An infectious microbiologic disease of the
calcified tissues of the teeth, characterized by the demineralization of
the inorganic portion and destruction of the organic substance.
, Definition of Dental Caries
• Scientific Definition: A biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial,
dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and
remineralization of dental hard tissues.
• Clinical Definition: An infectious microbiologic disease of the
calcified tissues of the teeth, characterized by the demineralization of
the inorganic portion and destruction of the organic substance.
