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These prokaryotes especially Gram positive bacteria like Lactobacillus spp, Streptococcus mutans and Actinomyces spp are available in oral biofilms which is the sticky, slimy coating in the mouth that is most visible before brushing away that awful breath in the morning. It is the bacteria and not sugar that usually causes cavities. The sugar is openly causing holes to develop in our teeth.
The start of tooth decay is caused by two groups of bacteria Streptococcus Mutans and Lactobacillus.

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Tooth decay is not caused by a microbe. Yet, the more sugar we eat the more chance of our teeth rotting.

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about more than 300 bacteria cause dental caries....

due to unhygienic condition....

streptococcus mutans cause that

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