The nutrients necessary for plaque growth are considered as:
Dental caries is an ecological disease in which diet, host and microbial flora interact with each other in a specific period of time in such a way which increases demineralization of the tooth structure with resultant caries formation.
Ecological determinants:
The ecosystem-based 'goods and services' that we get from nature are the ecological determinants of health. Among the most important of these are oxygen, water, food, nutrients, etc.
Environmental determinants
Ecological determinants
Epidemiological determinants
Nutritional determinants