Faye Donald: Today, I'm going to show you how guided biofilm therapy, or GBT, works when we professionally clean a patient's mouth from start to finish. My job as a dental hygienist is to detect ...

Award-winning dental hygienist Claire-Louise Berry considers the core strategies for successfully marketing a ‘sexy’ oral ...

While many surfaces can host biofilms — the plaque on your teeth is a biofilm — plastics appear to provide an especially strong bond that attracts the most prolific bacteria, according to the ...

Enamel, the hardest and most mineralized substance in the body, covers the outer layer of each tooth. It's the first defense ...

Almost all micro-organisms subsist in elaborate colonies that are embedded in biofilms of self-produced exopolymer matrices. The biofilm allows the micro-organisms to adhere to any surface ...

Plaque, a sticky biofilm that coats your teeth, can damage your teeth and gums. It is common for people to think that plaque, which begins to form on teeth within hours after eating, and tartar ...

These bacteria inhabit not only the surfaces of the teeth and gums in biofilm—a sticky, structured community that can be both beneficial and harmful—but also thrive in our saliva, contributing ...

As oral microbiota proliferate, they form a tough, gluey biofilm, known as plaque, that adheres to the teeth and gums. These microbes produce acids that etch cavities into teeth. They also lead to ...