Dental caries is the most common oral disease. The bacteriological aetiology of dental
caries promotes the use of antibiotics or antimicrobial agents to prevent this type of oral …

This article reviews the literature on genetic aspects of dental caries and provides a
framework for the rapidly changing disease model of caries. The scope is genetic aspects of …

Abstract The NIH Consensus Development Program released a statement in 2001
(http://consensus. nih. gov/2001/2001DentalCaries115html. htm) and listed six major clinical …

Background This study aimed to produce the latest summary of the evidence for association
of host genetic variants contributing to both periodontal diseases and caries. Materials and …

There is evidence for a genetic component in caries susceptibility, and studies in humans
have suggested that variation in enamel formation genes may contribute to caries. For the …

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a chronic, infectious disease that affects the primary
dentition of young children. It is the result of an imbalance of risk factors and protective …

Recent progress in the field of molecular biology and techniques of DNA sequence analysis
allowed determining the meaning of hereditary factors of many common human diseases …

Sweet taste is a powerful factor influencing food acceptance. The peripheral taste response
to sugar is mediated by the TAS1R2/TAS1R3 taste receptors. The aim of the study was to …

Dental caries is an oral pathology associated with both lifestyle and genetic factors. The
caries process can be influenced by salivary composition, which includes ions and proteins …

Objectives. The present review aims to give an overview of the literature focusing on novel
genetic aspects of dental erosion and dental caries. Once the tooth erupts into the oral …