WHY TEETH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARIES? AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Alexandre Rezende Vieira

doi:10.29327/24816.4.1-1

WHY TEETH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARIES? AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

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Alexandre Rezende Vieira University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29327/24816.4.1-1

Palavras-chave:

Dental Caries; Evolution; Natural Selection; Diet; Sugars

Resumo

The question ‘why we evolved to have dental caries?” was posed to me during the 2017 ORCA meeting with the challenge to share my answer to the broader community of cariologists. This manuscript is my response to the challenge and is centered on the premise of the question, evolution.

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2019-05-21

Como Citar

Vieira, A. R. (2019). WHY TEETH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARIES? AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE. Revista Científica Do CRO-RJ (Rio De Janeiro Dental Journal), 4(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.29327/24816.4.1-1