Tooth decay and bacteria, illustration

Parasitic amoeba, illustration

Parasitic amoeba, illustration

Used wax dental floss with dental plaque (green), bacteria (purple) and cheek cells (red) on the dental floss fibres (yellow), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Plaque consists of a biofilm of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix. The...

Parasitic amoeba, illustration

Parasitic amoeba, illustration

Parasitic amoeba, illustration

Treponema denticola bacteria, illustration

Used wax dental floss with dental plaque (brown), bacteria (blue) and cheek cells (orange) on the dental floss fibres (red), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Plaque consists of a biofilm of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix. The...

Used wax dental floss with dental plaque (brown), bacteria (yellow) and cheek cells (purple) on the dental floss fibres (green), coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Plaque consists of a biofilm of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix....

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Oral bacterium, Streptococcus mutans with surrounding dextran polysaccharide mucilage (glucan). S. mutans is a coccoid shaped, Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic bacterium that is part of the normal...

Porphyromonas gingivalis oral bacterium, computer illustration. P. gingivalis (formerly known as Bacteroides gingivalis) is part of the normal flora of the mouth, intestine and urogenital tract. It is a rod shaped, Gram-negative, anaerobe found in...

Gum disease