Are the Mutans Streptococci MS; (Table 1) still considered relevant? The answer will likely depend upon whom is asked. If personal experience is a guide, the answers will range from yes, the MS remain ...

Read before the American Academy of Dental Science, Jan. 1, 1908. By request of the Boston Society for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis these illustrations and quotations from the text have been ...

At the Opening Ceremonies of the 85th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), convening here today, Dr. Dowen Birkhed will receive the 2007 Distinguished Scientist ...

Dental researchers are trying to unravel a complex mix of physical and behavioral factors contributing to "meth mouth," a condition that often develops in the oral cavities of methamphetamine (MA) ...

Baltimore, Maryland...At the Opening Ceremonies of the 83rd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), convening here today, Dr. Edwina Kidd, from the University of ...

Dental plaque is a complex microbial biofilm, not just food debris. The shift from oral health to disease is caused by changes in the balance of plaque’s microbial community, not just the presence of ...

Tooth or dental erosion is a progressive and irreversible loss of the outermost hard layer of the tooth structure. It is primarily caused by a chemical process and does not include bacterial ...

Experiments with germ-free rats demonstrated that caries will not form in the absence of a plaque microflora. [9] But the presence of a plaque biofilm and its composition are far from the only ...