Definition of Dental Caries and Dental Caries Process

Dental Caries is disease which at most met in buccal cavity together with disease periodontal, so that is main problem of health of tooth and mouth. 

Dental caries is tooth network disease marked with network damage, what started from surface of tooth and extends toward pulp. 

Dental Caries disease happened because demineralization of surface network of tooth by organic acid coming from sugary food. Dental caries had the character of chronic and in its(the development requiring old time, so that most of patient has potency to experience trouble for a lifetime. However this disease often doesn't get attention from public and Medicare planner, because seldom endanger soul. 

Dental Caries is chronic disease of first one in the world and disease prevalence increases at modern-day. The improvement attributed to change of pattern and food type. Spreading of caries disease seen as ice mount phenomenon. According To Schuurs, caries is a chronic process which caused by annoyed it balance between teeth and environmental in buccal cavity.

Dental Caries Process 

In new concept, simply process the happening of caries is dynamic, change of hydrogen ion exponent at meeting of plaque and surface of tooth fluctuating according to as according to existence of ions determining acidity at the area. This thing is enabled with enamel character having pore and enables transfer of ions from and enamel exit happened. Caries process also is processing happened between attacks and defence, but the process can be stopped. Hereinafter can become is active again if situation in plaque around tooth turns into acid and causes condensation of higher enamel. 

Theoritical of Miller, microorganism of Laktobasillus acidophilus and streptococcus mutans closely related in process of dental caries. Has been proved that by doing patching of tooth which caries hence germ amounts in orifice decreases.