Dental caries is the breakdown of enamel by bacteria and is considered a disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, states that although dental caries are largely preventable, they remain the most common chronic disease of children aged 6 to 11 years and adolescents aged 12 to 19 years. The prevention and control of dental caries, as well as other diseases, is the main aim of public health, eventually the ultimate objective of public health is the elimination of the disease itself.
Dental caries is preventable through our diets and oral care.
A few years ago, the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital at Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences in India noted that dental caries vaccines have recently been developed, but are still in their early stages. Only a few studies, however, have examined the efficacy of dental caries vaccines in humans, according to the Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science.
The reason may be because vaccines have gotten good and bad reviews. This could be because of the effect of falsely balanced reporting of the autism-vaccine controversy on vaccine safety perceptions and behavioral intentions states the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Pharmacists can play a role in providing up-do-date information to patients to dispel myths concerning vaccine safety, according to the Northeast Iowa Family Practice Center in Waterloo Iowa.
Despite the abundance of experimental evidence for the effectiveness of a dental caries vaccine, there is none available for human use at this time.
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