whereas the plaque is a biofilm that's matured, and it's large enough to be seen with the naked eye. Ideally, what we want is to disrupt dental biofilm before it has the chance to mature into plaque.

C. matruchotii filaments act as a scaffolding within dental plaque, which is a biofilm. Dental plaque is just one microbial ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Human oral microbial biofilm is the plaque that dentists warn us about ... assistant professor of oral biology in the School of Dental Medicine, has been awarded a $1.6 million ...