Introduction
dietary-microbial disease
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES
Early childhood caries (ECC) is regarded as a multifactorial dietary-microbial disease with bacteria in the dental biofilm as an important etiologic factorAn interaction between sugars and biofilm microorganisms adhered to the tooth surfaceNumerous caries-preventive measures impact the oral microflora directly or indirectly, among which fluoride is the most effectivePrevious study has reported the fluoride varnishes effect on microbial count, attributing the decline in microbial levels to the presence of additional calcium ions in the varnishes that contributes to a high alkaline pH