Chapter 17- Pre-Clinic Lecture

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not made up of or containing cells

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Acellualar

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attachment of one substance to the surface of another; the action of a substance in attracting and holding other materials or particles on its surface.

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Adsorption

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heterotrophic microorganism that can live and grow in the prescence of free oxygen; some are obligate, others facultative

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Aerobe

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heterotrophic microorganism that lives and grows in complete (or almost complete) abscence of oxygen; some are obligate, others facultative

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Anaerobe

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matrix-enclosed bacterial populations adherent to each other and/or to surfaces or interfaces

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Biofilm

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formation of calculus

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Calculogenesis

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adjective applied to dental biofilm that is conducive to the formation of calculus.

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Calculogenic

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development of dental caries

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Cariogenesis

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adjective to indicate a conduciveness to the initiation of dental caries,such as as carogenic biofilm or a cariogenic food.

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Cariogenic

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able to live under more than one specific set of environmental conditions; contrast with obligate

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Facultative

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the collective organisms of a given locale

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Flora

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the various bacteria and other microscopic organisms that inhabit the oral cavity

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Oral Flora

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not self-sustaining; feeding on others

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Heterotrophic

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material present between bacteria in dental biofilm; derived from saliva, gingival exudate, and microorganisms

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Intermicrobial matrix

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invasion and multiplication of a microorganism in body tissues

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infection

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white blood corpuscle capable of ameboid movement; functions to protect the body against infection and disease

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Leukocyte

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white or cream-colored cheesy mass that can collect over dental biofilm on unclean, neglected teeth; it is composed of food debris, mucin, bacteria

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Materia alba

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stage or process of attaining maximal development; become mature

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Maturation

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the microscopic living organisms of a region

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Microbiota

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minute living organisms, usually microscopic; includes bacteria, rickettsiae, viruses, fungi, and protozoa

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Microorganism

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pleomorphic, gram-negative bacteria that lack cell walls; many are regular oral cavity residents; some are pathogenic

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Mycoplasma

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ability to survive only in a particular environment; opposite of facultative

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Obligate

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plant or animal that lives upon or within another living organism and draws its nourishment therefrom; may be obligate or facultative

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Parasite

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disease-producing agent or microorganism

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pathogen

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assumption of various distinct forms by a single organism or within a species

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pleomorphism

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any organism, such as bacteria, that lives upon dead or decaying organic matter

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saprophyte