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Effect of Oral Nutrient Limitation of Gnotobiotic Rats on Acidogenic Properties of Dental Plaque Formed by Oral Streptococci

J. Van Houte

Department of Oral Microbiology, Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

J. Russo

Department of Oral Microbiology, Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

The acid production rate of dental plaque, formed by different streptococci in gnotobiotic rats fed a high sucrose diet or starved for seven or eight days, was determined in vitro. Starvation had no appreciable effect on acid production. This supports the idea that the small pH-lowering ability of plaque of caries-free or stomach tube-fed people in whom exposure of the teeth to fermentable carbohydrate is relatively low or negligible results from a change in the bacterial population rather than a change in the rate of acid production by an unaltered flora.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 64, No. 5, 815-817 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345850640050601
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