Dental Caries Reimagined
By Irina Smilyanski, RDH, MSc, MSDH
Dental caries has been known to the human race for thousands of years. The disease has been attributed to angry gods, mischievous demons, and other big or small mystical powers. It has been referred to by different names: “tooth worms” for the holes appearing in the teeth for no apparent reason; “dental gangrene” for the inflammation processes associated with its presence; “tooth decay” for the destruction it causes; and “caries,” the word we use to describe the disease now.1–3
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