BACKGROUND Periodontal disease is a highly prevalent illness that affects many dogs, reaching up to 85 % prevalence in individuals over the age of 4 years. Currently the drug of choice for combating the formation of dental plaque in these animals, the etiologic agent of the disease, is chlorhexidine, which has several side effects reported. Thus, surveys are conducted throughout the world in or...

Saliva plays an important role in acquired pellicle formation on tooth surfaces, crystal growth homeostasis, bacterial adhesion, plaque formation. The role of smoking as a contributory factor in the progression of the periodontal disease process has long been suspected.

bacteria! plaque is an essential factor of gingival and periodontal disease.the ability of chemical piaque control agent to prevent plaque formation is well documented compare with other mechanical plaque removal methods. the purpose of this study was to compare clinical effects of shore choice mouth rinse (h2 o2, 0.1%) with a placebo.following a period of 4 weeks, 20 subjects were allocated to...

objective bacterial adhesion is governed by specific and nonspecific interactions such as hydrophobicity. hydrophobic interactions play a role in the adherence of microorganisms to a wide variety of surfaces and facilitate biofilm formation due to bacterial adhesion. in this article the relation between cell surface hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance was studied. materials and methods we ...

Introduction: The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate the periodontal condition of intruded molars in various phases of treatments. Methods: 30 patients with at least one overerupted upper first molar were selected. Upper molar bands with brackets were cemented. Two miniscrews were placed in the mesiopalatal and mesiobuccal aspect of the aforementioned teeth. A titanium molybdenum...

Histopathologic studies have demonstrated that vessels enlarge to compensate for an increase in plaque burden; this has been confirmed in vivo using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). The initial studies suggested a biphasic course of lesion formation with (1) preservation of lumen dimensions up to a plaque burden of approximately 40%, and (2) luminal narrowing as plaque burden further increases....

Objective Bacterial adhesion is governed by specific and nonspecific interactions such as hydrophobicity. Hydrophobic interactions play a role in the adherence of microorganisms to a wide variety of surfaces and facilitate biofilm formation due to bacterial adhesion. In this article the relation between cell surface hydrophobicity and antibiotic resistance was studied. Materials and Methods ...

BACKGROUND Temperature heterogeneity of atherosclerotic plaques has been associated with macrophage accumulation in ex vivo studies. We investigated in vivo whether modifying the cell composition of rabbit atherosclerotic plaques by dietary cholesterol lowering can influence temperature heterogeneity. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty New Zealand rabbits were randomized to either a normal (n=10) or ...