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Microbiology pt.1 - Coggle Diagram
Microbiology pt.1
Oral Microbiome
Ecological Niches
Different collections of bactria found within the mouth i.e ginigiva, crown, approximal spaces, tongue
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Saliva
Antimicrobial Defnse
Cystains, Mucins, Immunoglobulins, Lyzosomes, lactoferin, calprotecin, lactoperoxidase
Digestion
Amylase, protease, lipases
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Buffer
Bicarbonate, phospate, proteins
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Dental Plaque
Formation
- Conditioning film (pellicle from absorbed salivary glycoproteins)
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- Seeding bacteria (gram +ve cocci/rods initally adhere)
- Multiplication (sequential colonisers recuit gram -ve cocci/rods, filamentous, fusobacteria and spirochetes)
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- biomass incraeses and thickens the biofilm
- An equlibrium state is reached (bateria growth/loss)
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Keystone Pathogens
Alter growth, allowing emergence of species that cause disease
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Disease Drivers
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Dysbiosis
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Bad diet, poor plaque control, low saliva flow, altered host defense, broad spectrum antibiotics
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Oxygen Needs
Obligate anerobes = only with O2, ex. P.gingivalis
Faculatative anerobes = with or without O2, ex. mutans strep
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Human Microbiota
Reflects local conditions (pH, Temp, nutrients)
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GI Microbiome
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Consists of anaerobes: 95% Bacteroides, bifidobacterium, eubacterium, clostridium
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Bottle fed vs breast fed (breast - gram +ve bacteria ie bifido/lactbacilli) (bottle fed - gram -ve ie. enterobacteriae)
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Ecological Shits
Caries Causation
Plaque pathogencity
low F- expousre, keystone pathogens, poor OH, high sugar intake, grazing intake patterns, acidic foods
Salivary dysfunction
Smoking, caffine, inadequate fluid intake, stress, salivary gland pathology, medications
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Plauqe Diagnostics
Biofilm behaviour
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Red/Pink = young plauque (non-acid), Purple = older plaque (no-acid), Light Blue = old plaque (acid producing)
Pre-biotic Agents
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Twice daily treatment w/ CPP/ACP = reduced virulence for caries, 33% reduction in lactic acid production
Shift towards the right of commensal bacterial species (*6 weeks RCT w/ denitrifies) and reduction in cariogenic bacteria (left)
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