Evidence-Based Strategies for Boosting Remineralization

By  Diana Macri, RDH, BSDH, MSEd

Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial, pathological disease of tooth structure that negatively affects populations across the world. The Global Burden of Disease, a collaboration of more than 1,800 researchers from 127 countries, reported that 35% of the world population experiences dental decay.¹ The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 45.8% of youth ages 2 to 19 experienced caries from 2018 to 2019, and 91% of adults ages 20 to 64 and 96% of adults age 65 and older had tooth decay during 2011 to 2012.^2–4

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