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a one-year period. TH E VALUE OF ANTI - CARIES AND ANTI - PLAQUE DENTIFRICES AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL K.W. STEPHEN In parallel with the latest developments in anti - caries dentifrice technology, anti -calculus ...
in fluctuations in the plaque pH due to bacterial acid production, suffering action from the saliva and the surrounding tooth structure [2]. The microbial community of caries is diverse, and Streptococcus mutans ...
on the production of acids in dental plaque . Caries Research 27 , 298 –302. 20 Stephen, K. W., Saxton, C. A., Jones, C. L., Ritchie, J. A. & Morrison, T. ( 1990 ). Control of gingivitis and calculus by a dentifrice ...
their in situ predominance, using a previously validated in vitro plaque ecosystem (Ledder & McBain, 2011). Since nascent plaque communities are arguably the dominant mode of bacterial growth in the mouth (Marsh ...
appliance therapy (9, 10, 19–22). The major drawback with them is that repeated application is required to retain their anti - caries effect (23). Light-curable fluoride varnish has been reported ...
those with normal saliva secretion (Almståhl & Wikström, 1999), which may be caused by acidification of the oral environment. The growth of dental plaque , which are oral microbial communities ...
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