title: Dental caries - A complete changeover (Part I).
abstract: In spite of a knowledge explosion in cariology science, dental caries still remains a misunderstood phenomenon by the clinicians. In order to effectively use the wide range of preventive and management strategies, it is imperative to look beyond those black and white spots that manifest on the tooth surfaces. This paper focuses on the revised versions of the etiopathogenesis and definition of dental caries disease in the present century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Carounanidy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Usha
authors.forename: Sathyanarayanan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: R