dental plaque

Examples of dental plaque in the following topics:

• Biofilms and Infections

  • Infectious processes in which biofilms have been implicated include common problems such as urinary tract infections, catheter infections , middle-ear infections, formation of dental plaque, gingivitis, and coating contact lenses.
  • Dental plaque is a biofilm that adheres to teeth surfaces and consists of bacterial cells, salivary polymers, and bacterial extracellular products.
  • This accumulation of microorganisms subject the teeth and gingival tissues to high concentrations of bacterial metabolites which results in dental disease.
  • The biofilms attached to the surfaces of some dental alloys, impression materials, dental implants, restorative and cement materials play an essential role concerning the biofilms establishment dynamics toward the physical-chemical properties of the materials which biofilms are attached to.

• Tooth and Gum Infections

  • Some sites collect plaque more commonly than others.
  • Plaque may also collect above or below the gingiva where it is referred to as supra- or sub-gingival plaque respectively.
  • A dynamic equilibrium exists between dental plaque bacteria and the innate host defense system.
  • Dental plaque is the material that adheres to the teeth and consists of bacterial cells (mainly S. mutans and S. sanguis), salivary polymers, and bacterial extracellular products.
  • Plaque is a biofilm on the surfaces of the teeth.

• Biofilms, Persisters, and Antibiotic Tolerance

  • ., cystitis, endocarditis, urinary tract infections, gingivitis, dental plaque, and other yet to be identified conditions).

• Defining Microbes

  • They produce dental plaque; colonize catheters, prostheses, transcutaneous, and orthopedic devices; and infect contact lenses, open wounds, and burned tissue.

• Batch Culture of Bacteriophages

  • The phage can then be isolated from the resulting plaques in a lawn of bacteria on a plate.
  • The phage can then be isolated from the resulting plaques in a lawn of bacteria on a plate.

• Bacterial Infections of the Heart

  • Bacteremia caused by dental procedures (in most cases due to streptococci viridans, which reside in oral cavity), such as a cleaning or extraction of a tooth and from procedures involving the gastrointestinal or urinary tract can cause bacterial endocarditis.
  • The chance that these signs and symptoms are caused by endocarditis is more likely if they occur soon after a dental cleaning or procedure involving the gastrointestinal or urinary tract.

• Damage to Proteins and Nucleic Acids

  • Actisite is a thread-like fiber formulation used in dental applications.

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

  • This results in protein aggregates, which then form dense plaque fibers, leading to the microscopic appearance of "holes" in the brain, degeneration of physical and mental abilities, and ultimately death .

• Factors that Affect Germicidal Activity of Chemicals

  • Other phenolic antiseptics include historically important, but today rarely used (sometimes in dental surgery) thymol, today obsolete hexachlorophene, still used triclosan and sodium 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate (Dibromol).