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pH gradient and distribution of streptococci, lactobacilli, prevotellae, and fusobacteria in carious dentine.
Clin Oral Investig
December 2015
Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Center for Oral Health and Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia,
Objectives: Caries process comprises acidogenic and aciduric bacteria that are responsible for lowering the pH and subsequent destruction of hydroxyapatite matrix in enamel and dentine. The aim of this study was to identify the correlation between the pH gradient of a carious lesion and proportion and distribution of four bacterial genera; lactobacilli, streptococci, prevotellae, and fusobacteria with regard to total load of bacteria.
Materials And Methods: A total of 25 teeth with extensive dentinal caries were sampled in sequential layers.