Dental Biofilm
The underlying factor that contributes to gingivitis, bleeding, caries, and periodontal disease.
Dental biofilm is a mucosal surface long your teeth that are micro-colonies which include 1000 different species of bacteria. Left unmanaged, it’s what produces the acidogenic bacteria that generate acid from fermentable carbohydrates from food. This can lead to oral mucositis, a painful inflammation of mouth lining, and other conditions such as caries, gingivitis, tooth decay, and periodontal disease.
Certain species of bacteria in biofilm are strongly associated with bleeding on probing. Others are responsible for deepening pocket depths in periodontal disease. Deepened bacterial trigger the immune and inflammatory responses.
Plaque is a type of biofilm, not planktonic bacteria.
Dental biofilm can’t be eliminated, but it can be controlled by good oral hygiene practices (like using Beam).
Our biopeptide DBP reduces growth of Streptococcus Mutans and Sobrinus. They’re the primary factors in biofilm that metabolizes sucros into lactic acid, the cause of demineralization of tooth enamel, making it vulnerable to decay.
Sources:
Rheology of biofilms formed from the dental plaque pathogen Streptococcus mutans (montana.edu)
Biofilm: A dental microbial infection - PMC (nih.gov)
It’s all about that biofilm | Registered Dental Hygienists (rdhmag.com)