Steven Duffin, DDS

Dental Education
Why is caries making a comeback?
In many ways, Dr. G.V. Black was way ahead of modern dentists in understanding the scientific foundations of dental caries. With the incidence of caries on the rise, maybe it is time to return to our roots and treat dental decay as a medical condition.
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