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overall shape of cell
How are bacteria By the composition of the cell wall
identified & classified? (Sample cell wall to see if it is G+ or G-)
Good bacteria Gram positive
Oral Ecology of Plaque & The Plaque 87 terms angelicanreyes
Biofilm Cell wall: G+ Thick, single cell wall
Reaction to crystal Retain a purple color
violet dye: G+
Bad bacteria Gram negative
How are bacteria According to their shape
Cell wall: G- Double cell wall (harder to destroy)
divided into groups?
Reaction to crystal Doesn't stain purple
List bacteria - cocci
violet: G-
- bacillus
- vibrios Which gram bacteria Gram -
- spirilla plays an important
- spirochete role in tissue
destruction seen in
Shape of cocci Round, spherical
periodontitis?
Possible Single cells, pairs, chains or clusters
3 bacterial responses 1. Aerobic bacteria
arrangements of
to oxygen 2. Anaerobic bacteria
cocci
3. Facultative anaerobic bacteria
Name cocci in: single, Single: micrococci
Aerobic bacteria Require oxygen to live
pair, 3+ in a chain and Pair: diplococci
3+ in cluster Chain: streptococci Anaerobic bacteria Can't live in presence of oxygen
Cluster: staphylococci Facultative anaerobic Can exist either with or without oxygen
Shape of bacilli Rod shaped bacteria
Shape: vibrios Bent rods Location of aerobic Usually on surface
bacteria
Shape: spirilla Twisted, spiral-shaped (mini springs)
Location of anaerobic Burrow into sulcus and tissue
Shape: spirochete Long, slender bacteria that are tightly coiled
bacteria
Bacterial cell wall Tough protective layer enclosing the bacteria
2 bacterial lifestyles Free floating & attached bacteria
What maintains Bacterial cell wall
Free floating bacteria Planktonic bacteria
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Free floating bacteria Planktonic bacteria
micro colony vs Edges: aerobic environment
AKA
edges of fluid
Most research done Free floating channels
on bacteria was done
Slime layer's function Protective barrier against antibiotics, antimicrobials &
on what bacteria?
to a microcolony host defense mechanisms
Attached bacteria Can attach to surfaces and to one another
What do the fluid Facilitate the movement of nutrients, oxygen, bacterial
What happens when It activates different genes and characteristics than channels do to the metabolites & enzymes WITHIN the biofilm structure
attached bacteria when it was free-floating slime layer
attaches to a surface
Do the bacteria in Yes - use chemical signals
How much bacteria >99% micro colonies
on earth live as communicate?
attached bacteria
Why are bacteria in Slime layer protects them
Biofilm Well-organized community of bacteria that adheres to biofilm resistant to
surfaces and is embedded in an extra cellular slime antibiotics,
layer antimicrobials and
body defense
# of species biofilms Single bacterial species, but usually consist of many
mechanisms?
can be formed from species + other organisms & debris
How much antibiotics 1500 times as much as it is to kill free floating bacteria
What surfaces do Rapidly on almost any surface that is wet
is needed to kill
biofilms form on
biofilm?
Slime layer Protective slimy material that makes it harder to kill
Is 1500 times as much No - this would kill the host
bacteria
antibiotics than free
Which bacteria Attached bacteria of biofilm floating bacteria safe
produce slime layer to take?
Where do biofilms ANYWHERE. Any sold surface exposed to bacteria- Most effective way to Wipe it off - physically remove it
exist containing fluid remove biofilm
Describe the biofilm Bacteria attach to surfaces & each other in clusters >> If subgingival biofilm Provides it with long term survival in the sulcus or
structure form mushroom-shaped micro colonies (like condos) forms, what does this pocket environment
What is a micro Independent community with its own customized living do to the bacteria
colony environment Will antibiotic & No - resistant to it. Will help, but will not eliminate
Bacteria in center of Center: strict anaerobic environment antimicrobial therapy
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remove subgingival bacteria?
plaque?
How does the The attached bacteria biofilm grows through CELL
Is floss & No - need frequent perio debridement of the root bacteria grow in DIVISION (not attachment of new bacteria)
toothbrushing surfaces microcolony
enough to remove formation?
plaque in sulcus?
Coaggregation Ability of new bacteria to adhere to attached cells
Is dental bacterial Yes. Adheres tenaciously to tooth surfaces,
How does the 2nd wave of bacteria stick to bacteria on pellicle >>
plaque a biofilm? restorations & prosthetic devices
mushroom-shaped cluster together to form mushroom
Why?
colony form
Phases of plaque 1. Attachment of bacteria to solid surface
Result of Formation of complex arrays of different bacteria
biofilm formation 2. Formation of micro colonies on the surface
coaggregation linked to one another
3. Formation of the mature subgingival plaque biofilms
What type of bacteria Gram (-) rods
Dental pellicle Thin coating of salivary proteins that attach to the
form "test-tube
tooth surface within mins after cleaning
bristles"
Function: pellicle Protects enamel from acidic activity (acid produced
Location: Marginal plaque
after anything that you eat)
supragingival plaque
How does pellicle Sticks to surface of tooth on 1 side & has sticky surface biofilms
stick to tooth on other side to attach bacteria
Significance of Important in development of gingivitis
How does the initial Bacteria attach to the pellicle by the fimbriae >> marginal plaque
colonization of tooth bacteria stick & produce substances that stimulate
Location: subgingival Form below gingival margin
surface form other bacteria to join community
plaque biofilm
How long until Within hours
Significance of Associated with periodontitis
bacteria will stick to
subgingival plaque
pellicle
What happens when Over time, GCF calcifies what's in the sulcus ---> gets
First bacteria to stick Gram + facultative cocci
plaque gets pushed hard, creates rings around tooth
to pellicle
down into sulcus
How is slime layer Bacteria attaches to solid surface = stimulates bacteria
3 zones of 1. Tooth attached plaque
produced to excrete slimy, glue-like substance
subgingival plaque 2. Epithelial-attached plaque
What helps anchor & Slime layer 3. Unattached plaque
protect attached
What happens after a Inflammation of gingival margin + deepened gingival
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growth & supragingival plaque
few days of plaque sulcus >> biofilms extends into deepened sulcus &
accumulation of sub
accumulation proliferates in this environment
gingival plaque is
What is the microbial Changes from G+ to G- anaerobes dependent on ______
composition in a
materia alba bacterial coating that is yellow or grayish-white, soft &
sulcus with gingival
sticky (cottage cheese)
inflammation?
what is materia alba sloughed epithelial cells
Time it takes for G- to 3-12 weeks
composed of white blood cells
take over sulcus after
salivary proteins & fats
formation of Supra
plaque time that food debris 5 mins after eating - bacterial enzymes liquefy it
disapperas
what is plaque made bacteria & bacterial waste products
of energy source of sucrose
acid-forming
what is acquired salivary glycoproteins
organisms
pellicle made from
what does "nidus for calculus can attach AND provides a protective
bacteria mean" membrane on tooth surface
in colonization, where smooth surfaces, pits and grooves as single cells
do organisms go?
what is young plaque - gram positive cocci (40-50%)
composed of - gram positive rods (10-40%)
- gram negative rods (10-15%)
- filaments (4% or less)
when do the filaments 7-14 days
show up
composition of 2 1/2 gram positive and 1/2 gram negative (as plaque
week old plaque ages, gram positive decreases)
3 things that change 1. less gram +
as plaque begins to 2. # cocci decrease & filaments increase
age 3. # aerobic bacteria decrease, anaerobic bacteria
increase
growth & supragingival plaque
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