Bhoj Raj Adhikari, Mamata Shakya, Nisha Bhatta, Sumita Upadhya, Swagat Kumar Mahanta
INTRODUCTION: Dental caries is one of the most common, yet preventable childhood diseases. The aetiology of dental caries lies in the interplay between host, microorganism, substrate, and time. Risk factors for dental caries include physical, biological, environmental, behavioural, and lifestyle-related factors such as high numbers of cariogenic bacteria, inadequate salivary flow, insufficient fluoride exposure, poor oral hygiene, inappropriate methods of feeding infants, and poverty...
December 1, 2023: JNMA; Journal of the Nepal Medical Association