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How do dental lactic acid bacteria cause dental caries?

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How do dental lactic acid bacteria cause dental caries?

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Lactic acid bacteria ferment sugars in the diet to lactic acid that dissolves some of the calcium phosphate in localized areas, and the proteoloysis of the supporting matrix occurs through the action of bacterial proteoloytic enzymes. Bacterial cells slowly penetrate into the decomposing matrix.

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