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CARIOLOGY > Lecture 1 (Part I - Caries Etiology, Pathogenesis and modifying factors of Dental Caries) > Flashcards

Lecture 1 (Part I - Caries Etiology, Pathogenesis and modifying factors of Dental Caries) Flashcards

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an infectious microbiological disease of the teeth that results in localized dissolution and destruction of calcified tissues.

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Dental Caries (Then)

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Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues.

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Dental Caries (Now)

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The balance between pathological and protective factors influences the initiation and progression of caries.

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Dental Caries (Now)

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Dental caries is a ____, ____, ____, ____ that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues.

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  • biofilm-mediated
  • sugar-driven
  • multifactorial
  • dynamic disease
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It is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues.

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Dental Caries

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is the name of the disease.

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Dental Caries

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is the symptom of the disease.

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The caries lesion or cavitation

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The management at the ____ is inadequate and would lead only to recurrence and ultimately to tooth loss.

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Lesion Level

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Treat the ____ (person/individual level), not the ____ which is just a symptom of the disease.

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Treat the disease (person/individual level), not the lesion which is just a symptom of the disease.

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Treat the disease (in what level: ____), not the lesion which is just a symptom of the disease.

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person/individual level

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a complex disease.

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Caries

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____ and ____ should be done at the tooth, person and community levels.

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Prevention and management

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Prevention and management should be done at the tooth, ____ and____ levels.

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person and community levels.

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FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE CAUSATION OF DENTAL CARIES:

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  • Oral microorganism in the biofilm
  • Host (tooth, oral fluids, genes)
  • Substate (cariogenicity of consumed
    carbohydrates, oral clearance, eating frequency and
    food detergency)
  • Significant length of time for the 3 factors to interact
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  • tooth
  • oral fluids
  • genes
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Host

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  • Cariogenicity of consumed
  • carbohydrates
  • oral clearance
  • eating frequency
  • food detergency
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Substrate

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Pathogenesis of dental caries involves disturbances in two types of ____/____ that exists in the oral cavity

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homeostasis/ physiological equilibrium

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Pathogenesis of dental caries involves disturbances in two types of homeostasis/ physiological equilibrium that exists in the oral cavity:

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  • Disruption of microbial homeostasis in the ‘biofilm’
  • Disruption of the mineral homeostasis between the tooth and the oral fluid
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Disruption of microbial homeostasis in the ____.

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biofilm

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Disruption of the mineral homeostasis between the ____ and ____.

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tooth and the oral fluid

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A ____ is defined as the population or community of bacteria living in organized structures at an interface between a solid and liquid

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biofilm

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Age

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Tooth

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Exposure to fluoride

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Tooth

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Tooth/surface morphology

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Tooth

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Root surface exposure

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Tooth

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Quantity/Flow rate

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Oral fluid/saliva

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Quality/Buffering capacity

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Oral fluid/saliva

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common clinical sites of caries initiation

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Tooth

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Base of pits and fissures

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Tooth

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Root Surfaces

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Tooth

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Smooth enamel surfaces that shelter plaque

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Tooth

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areas cervical to the contact areas

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Tooth

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distal surface of most posterior tooth

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Tooth

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areas cervical to the heights of contour on the facial and lingual

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Tooth

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Chronically low salivary flow rate is one of the strongest indicators of increased caries risk

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Host Salivary Factors

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Chronically ____ is one of the strongest indicators of increased caries risk

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low salivary flow rate

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SALIVA: NATURE’S ANTICARIES AGENT

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  • Bacterial Clearance
  • Buffers
  • Remineralization
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flushes planktonic bacteria

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Bacterial Clearance

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Bacterial clearance flushes ____ bacteria

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planktonic

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Bacterial Clearance direct ____ activity

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Direct antibacterial activity

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Bacterial Clearance

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Bicarbonate ions

43
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Sialin and urea hydrolyzed to form ammonia causing pH to rise

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____ and ____ hydrolyzed to form ammonia causing pH to rise

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Sialin and urea

45
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Sialin and urea hydrolyzed to form ammonia causing

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pH to rise

46
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supersaturated with calcium and phosphate ions

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Remineralization

47
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Researchers initially believed that
____ were less important in determining caries risk than were environmental influences, such as microbial and dietary factors

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genetic factors

48
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Clearance rate

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An individual’s ____ can potentially prevent the existence of certain beneficial bacteria or allow pathogenic species to reside and contribute to its unique microbiome.

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Eating frequency

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Food detergency

50
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Cariogenicity of consumed carbohydrates. Sucrose
is more cariogenic than glucose and fructose.

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____ is more cariogenic than glucose and fructose.

52
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Why is sucrose the most cariogenic among all the carbohydrates?

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  • it is a relatively small molecule
  • can easily enter the plaque
  • sucrose for energy production and the process produces acid
  • Sucrose is also used by bacteria to produce extracellular polysaccharide called dextrans
  • It will help plaque stick to the tooth surface, making it more difficult to remove
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Bacteria like to use ____ for energy production and the process produces ____.

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Bacteria like to use sucrose for energy production and the process produces acid

54
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is also used by bacteria to produce extracellular polysaccharide called dextrans.

55
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Sucrose is also used by bacteria to produce extracellular polysaccharide called ____.

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ORAL BACTERIA IN BIOFILM:

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  • Microbial load
  • Plaque composition
  • Plaque acidogenicity
  • Plaque aciduricity
  • Presence of fluoride in plaque
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Properties of bacteria that contribute to Microbial Pathogenicity and Cariogenicity:

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  • Acidogenicity
  • Acidurity
  • Adherence
58
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ability to produce acid from a fermentable substrate

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Acidogenicity

59
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ability to survive in an acidic environment

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ability to attach to tooth surface

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A gelatinous (soft, translucent and tenaciously adhering) mass of bacteria adhering to the tooth surface.

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Dental Plaque (Then)

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An aggregate of microorganisms in which cells adhere to each other and/or to a solid substrate exposed to an aqueous surface.

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Biofilm (Now)

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The bulk of the volume (~90%) of ____ is comprised of a gel-like matrix of extracellular polysaccharides produced by oral bacteria.

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dental plaque biofilm

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The gelatinous nature of the plaque limits outward diffusion of metabolic products and thus serves to prolong the retention of acids.

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Biofilm (Now)

66
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produces lactic acid from sucrose

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Acidogenic

67
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can live in pH as low as 4.2

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Acidogenic produces lactic acid from

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Aciduric - can live in pH as low as

70
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is the collective term for all the serotypes

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mutans streptococci

71
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can produce great amounts of acids

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Mutant Streptococci and Lactobacilli

72
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are tolerant of acidic environments

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Mutant Streptococci and Lactobacilli

73
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are vigorously stimulated by sucrose, and appear to be the primary organisms associated with caries in humans.

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Mutant Streptococci and Lactobacilli

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Streptococcus mutans

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Streptococcus sobrinus

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Streptococcus rattus

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Streptococcus cricetus

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Streptococcus ferus

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Streptococcus macacae

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Streptococcus downei

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Mutans Streptococci

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Enamel Caries

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MS and Lactobacilli species

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Dentin Caries

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Actinomycetes species e.g. Actinomycetes
viscosus)

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Root Caries

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S mutans is only one of more than 500 species found in the dental plaque

TRUE OR FALSE

85
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S mutans is detectable in 10 to 20% of people who have severe caries

TRUE OR FALSE

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FALSE - S mutans is not detectable in 10 to 20% of people who have severe caries

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was an American dentist and the first oral microbiologist

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Willoughby Dayton Miller (1853-1907)

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EVOLVING THEORIES ON ETIOLOGY OF DENTAL CARIES:

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  • Miller’s Chemoparasitic Theory
  • Nonspecific Plaque Hypothesis (NSPH)
  • Specific Plaque Hypothesis (SPH)
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all plaque are pathogenic

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Nonspecific plaque hypothesis

89
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plaque is pathogenic only if associated with clinical disease.

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Specific plaque hypothesis

90
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The goal of therapy is to suppress the cariogenic plaques and to replace them with pathogen-free plaques - Walter Loesche

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Specific plaque hypothesis

91
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According to this hypothesis, a certain change in the environment of the residential plaque flora provides pathogenicity to specific species that produce the disease only at specific sites.

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The Ecological Plaque Hypothesis (1991)

92
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First to colonize biofilm are

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  • S. oralis
  • S mitis
  • S. sanguis
93
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Only ___% is S. mutans

94
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30-60 minutes after acid attack, buffers in saliva can increase the ____

95
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there is equilibrium of minerals between tooth surface and oral fluids

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neutral pH

96
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When pH goes ____ 5.5, minerals (HA) at the tooth surface are dissolved to maintain equilibrium of the oral fluid

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down below

97
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When pH ____, the oral fluids become supersaturated with phosphates and calcium.

98
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At pH ____ in the presence of Fluoride, there is reprecipitation of hydrofluorapatite

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Less than 4.5

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