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Lecture Objectives
Definition of dental caries.
Primary causes of dental caries.
Caries in enamel.
Caries in dentin.
Caries in Dentin
Dentin has less inorganic content(50% by volume) and more water (25%).
As caries reaches the enamel-dentin junction, caries spread laterally along
the junction.
Sound enamel appears to be undermined by the carious process in dentin.
Undermined enamel is brittle and can be fractured producing a large cavity.