Study of Microflora in Pulp Tissue of Carious Teeth Using Gram Stain

Dental caries and periodontal diseases are the most prevalent infectious diseases of the oral cavity and are responsible for more than 50% cases of tooth mortality (Okell et al 1935, Sunitha et al 2008). Dental caries is a multifactorial disease causing irreversible loss of dental tissue and microorganisms have a critical role in its etiopathogenesis, initiation and progression which has been established by many studies done worldwide (Shafer's, Kakehashi et al 1965, Sundqvist et ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 3 Number 9 (2014) pp. 539-551 http://www.ijcmas.com