Lec 5 - Chart Entries and Diet/Dental Caries

Question 1

cell surface molecules of S. mutans

Answer 1

adhesin

Question 2

polysaccharide part of S. mutans

Answer 2

glucans

Question 3

s mutans have a high blank tolerance

Answer 3

acid

Question 4

pH below blank starts demineralizing

Answer 4

5.5

Question 5

cariogenic foods

Answer 5

bread, crackers, cereal, candy, cakes, sweets

Question 6

noncariogenic foods

Answer 6

milk, cheese, fruits, vegetables, xylitol

Question 7

favorite food of s mutans

Answer 7

monosaccharide carbs (glucose, fructose, galactose, ribose

Question 8

sucrose, lactose, maltose are blank

Answer 8

disaccharides

Question 9

disaccharides and monosaccharides are blank

Answer 9

soluble

Question 10

carb with 3-10 monosaccharides

Answer 10

oligosaccharides

Question 11

carbs that are long chains of monosaccharides like starch and cellulose

Answer 11

polysaccharides

Question 12

rice, potatoes, and bread that are cooked are blank cariogenic

Answer 12

low

Question 13

uncooked starch is blank cariogenic

Answer 13

low

Question 14

finely ground or heat treated starch are blank cariogenic

Answer 14

more

Question 15

all common mono, di, poly can be blank by oral bacteria

Answer 15

fermented

Question 16

most cariogenic sugar of all

Answer 16

sucrose

Question 17

sucrose is not only a substrate for acids but is also a substrate to produce blank

Answer 17

biofilm

Question 18

fluoride binds to enamel crystal surface and transforms hydroxyapatite to more stable blank crystals

Answer 18

fluorapatite

Question 19

fluroide causes blank of porous lesion and creates blank

Answer 19

remineralization, fluorapatite crystals

Question 20

fluoride affects blank because it inhibits bacterial metabolism of sugar

Answer 20

plaque

Question 21

this is a sugar alcohol that is used as a sweetener but cannot be fermented by cariogenic bacteria

Answer 21

sorbitol

Question 22

another sugar alcohol that is non cariogenic but also degrades s mutans

Answer 22

xylitol

Question 23

least acidogenic or cariogenic sugar

Answer 23

lactose

Question 24

the blank in milk also helps in remineralizaiton

Answer 24

calcium

Question 25

another part of dairy products that is anticariogenic

Answer 25

casein