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Preventing dental caries: breaking the chain of transmission
1School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco 94143-0512.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Besides using all possible techniques to increase host resistance (fluoride, sealants) and decrease exposure to fermentable carbohydrates (for example, use of sugar substitutes), dentists must treat caries as infectious and transmissible. Antimicrobial agents are recommended.