Caries ecology revisited: microbial dynamics and the caries process.

doi:10.1159/000159604

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Caries ecology revisited: microbial dynamics and the caries process.

Caries research - 1 Jan 2008

Takahashi N, Nyvad B

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In this essay we propose an extension of the caries ecological hypothesis to explain the relation between dynamic changes in the phenotypic/genotypic properties of plaque bacteria and the demineralization/remineralization balance of the caries process. Dental plaque represents a microbial ecosystem in which non-mutans bacteria (mainly non-mutans streptococci and Actinomyces) are the key microorganisms responsible...

Topics

Bacteria
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Biofilms
Dental Caries
Dental Plaque
Ecosystem
Genotype
Humans
Phenotype

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PMID: 18832827
DOI: 10.1159/000159604

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