What Is Rampant Decay
What Is Rampant Decay . Rampant tooth decay is the appearance of deep cavities or holes burrowing into the enamel of teeth that seem to suddenly appear damaged. Rampant caries is defined as a rapid carious attack involving several teeth, including teeth and tooth surfaces that are usually at low risk of caries (mitchell and mitchell, 1991). What is Rampant Caries? Dr. Sumanth M Shetty YouTube from www.youtube.com 1 the term “dental caries” can be used to describe both the disease process and the lesion (noncavitated or cavitated) that is formed as a result of the disease process. Rampant caries is defined as a rapid carious attack involving several teeth, including teeth and tooth surfaces that are usually at low risk of caries (mitchell and mitchell, 1991). Rampant caries is the sudden onset of rapidly progressing caries (>10 lesions/year) on surfaces usually resistant to caries affecting most teeth resulting in pulpal involvement.