Soft / Hard Deposit and Stain Flashcards
Acquired Pellicle
Tenacious membranous layer that is acellular & organic. Forms over exposed tooth surfaces, restorations and calculus.
Thickness = 0.1 to 0.8 micrometers
Greatest near ging. margin
Composed primarily of glycoproteins
Forms w/in minutes after tooth surfaces have been cleaned.
Types of Acquired Pellicle
Surface, unstained: clear, insoluble, not ready visable with disclosing solution. When stained with disc. agent, appears thin with thicker darker stain of dental biofilm.
Surface, stained: take on an extrinsic stain and become brown/gray/other colors.
Subsurfaces: embedded in tooth structure, esp where tooth is demineralized.
Acquired pellicle significance
- Protective barrier against acid
- Lubrication - keeps surfaces moist,
- Aid in adherence of microbes - participates in biofilm formation
- Mode of calculus attachment
Good and bad
Acquired pellicle to Biofilm sequence
Fromationof pellicle > bacterial multiplication and colonization > biofilm growth and maturation > matrix formation
Biofilm composition
Dense nonmineralized complex mass of bacterial colonies in a gel.
20% organic - carbs and protein - and inorganic - calcium, phosphate, magnesium, fluoride
80% water
Microbe shapes
Bacilli - rod shaped
Cocci - Spherical
Vibrio - comma shaped
Biofilm progression
Day 1-2: gram+ cocci (streptococcus mutans and streptococcus sangius)
Day 2-4: same, increase gram+ rods and filaments
Day 4-7: same and gram- spirochetes and vibrios
Day 7-14 same, increase in gram- and anaerobic organisms.
Day 14-21: same, densely packed filmanets
If biofilm undesturbed, gingivitis in 2-3 weeks
Distribution of Biofilm - Location
›Supragingival – coronal to GM
›Gingival – external surfaces of oral epithelium and attached ging
›Subgingival – btwn perio attachment and GM, w/in sulcus
›Fissure – pits and fissures
Distribution of Biofilm - by Surfaces
›formation begins at GM (esp proximal)
›Spreads over ging 1/3 toward middle 1/3 of crown
›Palatal surfaces may have least biofilm due to activity of tongue
Factors that influence Biofilm accumulation
Crowded teeth
Rough surfaces
Areas difficult to clean ›Overhangs, under ledges of calculus, carious lesions
Out of occlusion ›Tooth unopposed or not used during mastication
Bacterial multiplication ›Thickness results from constant cell division of bacteria w/in biofilm
Detection of Biofilm
Direct Vision
Explorer / probe
Disclosing agent
Clinical record - location and extent
Sig of Biofilm
Role in initiation of dental diseases
›Caries
›Periodontal infections
Formation of dental calculus
General oral cleanliness depends on daily removal of biofilm
Dental caries - Microorganisms in biofilm
›Streptococcus mutans prominent in carious process initiation
›Lactobacilli have significant role in progression of carious lesion
›Decreased salivary flow (xerostomia) + increased dietary carbohydrate frequency promote growth
Dental caries - pH of biofilm
mouth pH is 6.2
›Acid immediately forms when cariogenic substance in biofilm
›1-2hrs required for pH to return normal if biofilm left undisturbed
›Amount of demineralization depends on length of time and frequency acid with pH below critical is in contact with tooth surface
Dental caries - the carious lesion
›Begins as subsurface demineralization.
›Acid from bacterial action on tooth surface passes through microchannels in the enamel, demineralization occurs
white spot can be seen clinically
›Early and continuous use of fluoride for remineralization is necessary.
Effect of diet on biofilm
Cariogenic foods
›Dental caries
›Effect of sucrose on amount, pH of biofilm
Food intake ›Food particles not needed for biofilm formation
Texture of diet ›Friction of mastication only affects occlusa and incisal 1/3
PD infections
The disease process
›Biofilm of various periodontal diseases has own complex of subging pathogenic microorg
Periodontal infection and total body health
›subgingival invasive pathogens initiate periodontal infections
›bacteria and toxic products produced have access to the circulation throughout body.
Material Alba
Forms over Biofilm
Loosely adherent mass of bacteria & cellular debris
Bulky, soft deposit (resembles cottage cheese)
Product of informal accumulation of:
›living and dead bacteria, desquamated epithelial cells, disintegrating leukocytes, salivary proteins, and possibly a few particles of food debris
Material Alba Effects and Prevention
Effects:
›Surface bacteria in contact with gingiva contribute to gingival inflammation.
›Demineralization and early noncavitated lesions seen frequently under materia alba.
Prevention:
›Materia alba can be removed with a water spray or oral irrigator, whereas dental biofilm cannot.
›Clinical distinction of materia alba, food debris, and dental biofilm is necessary, but patient instruction for the removal is same.
Food Debris
- Loose food particles that collect around cervical 1/3 & proximal embrasures
- Cariogenic foods contribute to caries
- Adds to general unsanitary condition of mouth
Calculus
- Mineralized plaque that attaches to acquired pellicle
- Made up of inorganic and organic components and water.
- Provides rough, irritating surface for bacteria to exist (biofilm to adhere)
- Physical irritant for gingiva
Supraging Calculus - Location, Frequent sites, other names
–Location
›On clinical crown coronal to GM
›Implants, complete and partial dentures
–Most frequent sites of distribution
›lingual surfaces of mand ant and facial max first and second molars
›Crowns of teeth out of occlusion
›teeth that are neglected during daily biofilm removal
›Surfaces of dentures, dental prostheses, and tongue piercing barbells.
–Other names for supragingival calculus
›Supramarginal. Extragingival. Coronal.
Subging Calculus - Location, Frequent sites, other names
–Location
›Clinical crown apical to GM and extending nearly to clinical attachment on the root surface
›On dental implants
–Distribution
›may be generalized or localized on single teeth or a group of teeth.
›Heaviest deposits related to areas most difficult for pt to access during OH procedures.
-Other names for subgingival calculus
›Submarginal. Serumal