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Most people are unaware of the underlying causes of tooth decay. All parents warn their children’s risk of eating candy and not brushing their teeth, but behind a carious lesion there are enough factors involved in its formation.

Therefore, we assume that caries is a multifactorial disease, but what are these factors?.

There are some factors that must always be present for the formation of caries such as micro-organisms, carbohydrates, susceptibility tooth and the time factor. Keep in mind that the action of acids produced when microorganisms metabolize carbohydrates on the tooth surface, occurs over a period of time. Read the rest of this entry »