caries: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: World Health Organization - Sugars and dental caries. Sep 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Patient - Tooth Decay. Mar 17, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Dental Caries and Its Management. Dec 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins Medicine - Tooth Decay (Caries or Cavities) in Children. Oct 17, 2025
Added an infographic about fluoride. Jun 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Ceters for Disease Control and Prevention - Cavities (Tooth Decay). Apr 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Oral Health - Understanding dental caries as a non-communicable and behavioral disease: Management implications. Oct 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - British Dental Journal - Understanding dental caries as a non-communicable disease. Aug 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - Dental Caries. Jun 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Verywell Health - Tooth Decay: stages, complications, and treatment. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Cavities. Jul 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Healthline - The Stages of Tooth Decay: What They Look Like. May 30, 2023
Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Professional Version - Caries. Mar 17, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Dental Caries. Dec 15, 2022
Add new Web site: University of Maryland Medical Center - Tooth decay. May 18, 2014
Add new Web site: MedicineNet.com - Cavities (Dental). May 18, 2014
Add new Web site: eMedicineHealth -Tooth Decay. May 18, 2014
Add new Web site: NHS Choices - Tooth decay. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Tooth Decay. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Tooth Decay. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: WebMd - Preventing Tooth Decay. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: National Library of Medicine Tooth Decay. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Mayo Clinic- Tooth Decay. Apr 10, 2013
Article revised and updated. Oct 03, 2008
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Dental Cavities or Caries. Aug 25, 2008
Article revised and updated. Dec 13, 2007
Added new Web site: Healthy Teeth - Oral Health Education Database. Jun 29, 2006
Added new Web site: Healthy Teeth - Oral Health Education Database. Jun 29, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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