WHY TEETH ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CARIES? AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Alexandre Rezende Vieira University of Pittsburgh

DOI:

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

Keywords:

Dental Caries; Evolution; Natural Selection; Diet; Sugars

Abstract

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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Published

2019-05-21

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1: January-April 2019

Section

Editorial