title: Dental caries is a transmissible infectious disease: the Keyes and Fitzgerald revolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-1605, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tanzer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000472:pathogenicity*