Calcium binding to S. mutans grown in the presence or absence of sucrose

• Main Authors: Tarcísio Jorge Leitão (Author), Livia Maria Andaló Tenuta (Author), Guilherme Ishi (Author), Jaime Aparecido Cury (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sucrose is the most cariogenic dietary carbohydrate because it is a substrate for insoluble extracellular polysaccharide (IEPS) production in dental biofilms, which can proportionally decrease bacterial density and, consequently, the number of biofilm calcium (Ca) binding sites. Ca bound to bacteria...