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Plaque pH and Microflora of Dental Plaque on Sound and Carious Root Surfaces

Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Pb 1052 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway

W.-M. Luan

Beijing Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

G. Dahlen

Faculty of Odontology, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden

O. Fejerskov

Royal Dental College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Given the hypothesis that root caries is the result of acid formation by acidogenic micro-organisms, the present study was performed to relate sucrose-induced pH response of dental plaque on root surfaces to the microbial composition of the overlying plaque. Seventeen caries-active elderly Chinese with poor oral hygiene and with both sound and carious root surfaces were examined. Plaque pH was measured before and up to one hour after a controlled sucrose mouthrinse. Plaque samples for microbiologic analyses were collected from 2 sound and 2 or 3 carious pHmeasurement sites in each subject. The prevalence of the following micro-organisms was assessed as % of total viable counts on Brucella agar: Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella melaninogenica, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Campylobacter rectus, Capnocytophaga spp., Actinomyces viscosus, Actinomyces naeslundi, Streptococcus spp., S. sanguis, S. mitis, S. mutans, S. sobrinus, Lactobacillus spp., and Candida spp. There was no difference in plaque pH response on sound and carious root surfaces. The plaque pH response was more pronounced in the maxilla than in the mandible for both sound and carious sites. There was no difference in microbial composition of dental plaque on sound and carious root surfaces. The pH response to sucrose was the same regardless of the presence or absence of mutans streptococci. Our results thus do not readily support the traditional concept of caries formation.

Key Words: dental caries • dental plaque • microflora, pH • root surfaces

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 75, No. 11, 1901-1908 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345960750111301


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