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What is plaque?

Updated: 9/6/2023
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Dental Plaque is defined as a specific but highly variable structural entity resulting from sequential colonization and growth of micro organisms on the surfaces of teeth and restoration consisting of micro organisms of various strains and species are embedded in the extra cellular matrix, composed of bacterial metabolic products and substance from serum, saliva and blood.

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Plaque is a bacterial film that covers the teeth and gums. It later turns into tartar. It is best that a person brush his teeth and floss to get the tartar and plaque between the teeth.

There is also a plaque that can block arteries.

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