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The authors investigate oscillatory properties of solutions of the second-order nonlinear dynamic equation on time scales \[ (p(t)x^{\Delta})^{\Delta} + q(t)f(x^{\sigma}(t))=0. \tag{*} \] The functions \(p,q\) are supposed to be rd-continuous, \(p(t)>0\), and the nonlinearity satisifies certain (natural) restrictions which depend on the type of a statement proved in the paper. A typical result is the following comparison-type oscillation criterion. Theorem: Suppose that \(\int^{\infty}\frac{1}{p(t)}\,\Delta t =\infty\), \(\liminf_{t\to \infty} \int_T^t q(s)\,\Delta s\geq 0\) and \(\not\equiv 0\) for large \(T\), and \(f'(x)\geq f(x)/x>0\) for \(x\neq 0\). If the linear equation \((p(t)x^{\Delta})^{\Delta} +\lambda q(t)x^{\sigma}=0\) is oscillatory for every \(\lambda>0\), then all solutions of \text{(*)} oscillate. The majority of the results of the paper is proved using a (modified) Riccati technique. Illustrating examples are given as well.