» DENTAL CARIES PREVENTION: A REVIEW OF CONVENTIONAL AND RECENT PREVENTIVE APPROACHES

Despite the use of age old conventional physical and chemotherapeutic methods for caries management, dental caries still continues to be the most prevalent form of oral infectious disease. Thus, there is a need for additional approaches to deal with dental caries. Among all other preventive approaches, Probiotics seem to be very effective in dealing with dental caries as revealed by the studies conducted recently in this discipline. ‘An apple a day keeps doctor away’ the famous quote now in recent years will definitely modify into ‘Probiotics per day keeps doctor away’.