Strategies for Streptococcus mutans biofilm dispersal through extracellular polymeric substances disruption

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Dental caries is one of the most prevalent and costly biofilm-dependent oral infectious diseases affecting most of the world's population. Streptococcus mutans, a major extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) producing bacteria in dental plaque, plays a vital role in human dental caries. EPS acts as the framework of dental plaque and promotes bacterial adhesion, cohesion, and environmental stress resistance and...

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