BACKGROUND One of the key factor in the good condition of periodontal tissues is their daily hygiene. Oral hygiene techniques such brushing and a good interdental hygiene by correct flossing are very important. The aim of this study is to compare the use of dental floss in a loop vs traditional floss in the control of Loe-Silness Gingival Index (IG), Turesky´s Plaque Index (IPT), Gingival Bleed...

Background—Unstable atherosclerotic plaque is characterized by an infiltrate of inflammatory cells. Both macrophages and T cells have been implicated in mediating the tissue injury leading to plaque rupture; however, signals regulating their activation remain unidentified. Infectious episodes have been suspected to render plaques vulnerable to rupture. We therefore explored whether plasmacytoid...

Periodontal disease (PD) is one of the most widespread inflammatory diseases in dogs. This initiated by a polymicrobial biofilm teeth surface (dental plaque), leading to local response, with gingivitis and/or several degrees periodontitis. For instance, prevention bacterial dental plaque formation and its removal are essential steps PD control. Recent research revealed that antimicrobial peptid...

Periodontitis is caused by dysbiosis of subgingival plaque that results in increased bacterial invasion into gingival tissues. Although shifts in subgingival microbiota from healthy to periodontitis have been well characterized, the characteristics of bacterial communities located within gingival tissues have not been studied. To characterize microbiota within the tissues of periodontal lesions...

Bacteriophages (phages), the viruses of bacteria, form visible lesions within bacterial lawns (called plaques), which are employed ubiquitously in phage isolation and characterization. Plaques also can serve as models for phage population growth within environments that display significant spatial structure, e.g. soils, sediments, animal mucosal tissue, etc. Furthermore, phages growing within p...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of three different herbal products (Tooth and Gums Tonic, Hiora-GA gel, and Spirogyl Gum paint) in reducing plaque, gingival inflammation and bacterial count in comparison with chlorhexidine M gel among participants with moderate to severe periodontitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of eighty participants with moderate to severe periodontitis were initially ...

The individual smoker can present several alterations in the periodontal tissues, such as reduction of blood flow, alteration inflammatory and immunological responses, damage tissue healing, modification composition bacterial plaque, increase depth pocket greater loss tissue. attachment. aim observational cohort study was to assess peri-implant condition dental implants function for 5 years. Me...

Dental plaque is a biofilm that causes dental caries, gingivitis, and periodontitis. Most of the studies in antibacterial coatings have been conducted by in vitro single-species biofilm formation, but oral biofilm involves more than 700 different bacterial species that are able to interact. Therefore, new studies are focused on in vitro multispecies biofilm models that mimic in vivo biofilms. T...

Pathogenic bacteria located in the subgingival area can cause periodontal diseases, gingivitis, and periodontitis. These bacterial species stick to the root surfaces and are found in a complex structure called dental plaque, which is a form of biofilm. Dental plaque, where appropriate oral hygiene is lacking, may become calcified, thereby creating calculus mainly formed from crystalline. The po...