2. Adjective. Producing dental caries. ¹
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Definition of Cariogenic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cariogenic
1. Producing caries; usually said of diets. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cariogenic
Literary usage of Cariogenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Improper infant feeding practices are another postulated source of caries in
young children, especially the cariogenic damage to the maxillary incisors seen ..."
2. The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health: Summary and by C. Everett Koop (1994)
"The longer cariogenic foods remain in the mouth, the more they are likely to
increase the initiation and progression of tooth decay. ..."
3. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"... between meals, is cariogenic. For ethical reasons, definitive studies to prove
a causal relationship between diet and carious lesions are unlikely to be ..."
4. Open Wide: Futures for Dentistry in 2010 by Perri 6, Ben Jupp, Tom Bentley (1996)
"After 2010: Ia vaccine against caries or periodontal disease; I biotechnological
techniques for replacing cariogenic bacteria with harmless ones;57 I ..."
5. Code of Federal Regulations 21: Food And Drugs 2005 by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Sucrose, also known as sugar, is one of the most, but not the only, cariogenic
sugars in the diet. Bacteria found in the mouth are able to metabolize most ..."
6. Sweet and Sour: The Impact of Sugar Production and Consumption on People and by Karen Frances (2000)
"... sucrose appears to be the most cariogenic (ie active at causing tooth decay),
but other close relatives are also highly effective, including glucose, ..."
7. Dental Amalgam: A Scientific Review & Recommended Public Health Service ...edited by James S. Benson edited by James S. Benson (1999)
"Plaque at the restoration/tooth junction also contains elevated levels of cariogenic
bacteria (Svanberg et al., 1990). The allergic reactions associated ..."
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