Biofilm: A new view of plaque

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 13-20

  Overman, Pamela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial plaque; Biofilm; Dental biofilm; Dental plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE; ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES;

EID: 3242700517     PISSN: 15263711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-1-3-37     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Slavkin HC. Biofilms, microbial ecology and Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. J Am Dent Assoc 1997;128: 492-495.
2. Douglass C, Fox C. Cross-sectional studies in periodontal disease: Current status and implications for dental practice. Adv Dent Res 1993;7: 25-31.
3. DuPont GA. Understanding dental plaque; biofilm dynamics. J Vet Dent 1997;14: 91-94.
4. Marsh PD, Bradshaw DJ. Dental plaque as a biofilm. J Industrial Microbiology 1995;15: 169-175.
5. Costerton JW, Lewandowski Z, DeBeer D, et al. Biofilms, the customized microniche. J Bacteriology 1994;176: 2137-2142.
6. Shearer BJ. Biofilm and the dental office. J Am Dent Assoc 1996;127: 181-189.
7. Meyer KF 1917. The present status of dental bacteriology. J Am Dent Assoc 1917;4: 966-996.
8. Haffajee AD, Socransky SS. Evidence of bacterial etiology: a historical perspective. Periodontology 2000 1994;5: 7-25.
9. Willmann DE, Chaves ES. The role of dental plaque in the etiology and progress of inflammatory periodontal disease. In Harris NO, Garcia-Godoy F eds. Primary preventive dentistry. Stamford, CO: Appleton & Lange; 1999:63-76.
10. Kimball GD. The relationship of materia alba and dental plaque to periodontal disease. J Periodontol 1952;23: 16-169.
11. Keyes PH, Jordan HV. Periodontal lesions in the Syrian hamster. III. Findings related to an infectious and transmissible component. Arch Oral Biol 1964;9: 377-400.
12. Listgarten MA. Electron microscopic observations of the bacterial flora of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. J Periodontol 1965;36: 328-339.
13. Papapanou PN, Engebretson SP, Lamster IB. Current and future approaches for diagnosis of periodontal diseases. NY State Dent J 1999;32-39.
14. Haffajee AD, Socransky SS. Microbial etiological agents of destructive periodontal diseases. Periodontol 2000 1994;5: 78-111.
15. Page RC, Offenbacher S, Schroeder HE, et al. Advances in the pathogenesis of periodontitis: summary of developments, clinical implications and future directions. Periodontology 2000 1997;14: 216-248.
16. Consensus report on periodontal diseases: pathogenesis and microbial factors. Ann Periodontol 1996;1: 12-32.
17. Greenstein G, Polson A. The role of local drug delivery in the management of periodontal diseases: A comprehensive review. J Periodontol 1998;69: 507-520.
18. Greenstein G. Periodontal response to mechanical non-surgical therapy: a review. J Periodontol 1992;63: 118-130.
19. Marsh PD, Bradshaw DJ. Physiological approaches to the control of oral biofilms. Adv Dent Res 1997;11: 176-185.
20. Wilson M, Gibson M, Strahan D, et al. A preliminary evaluation of the use of a redox agents in the treatment of chronic periodontitis. J Periodont Res 1992;27: 522-527.
21. Adapted from Marsh and Bradshaw. Physiological approaches to the control of oral biofilms. Adv Dent Res 1997;11: 176-185.