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Dental Plaque and Oral Health

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Oral diseases in man, such as periodon-titis and dental caries, are not caused by single pathogenic organisms but appear to be the result of the complex biological interactions of the various organisms of which dental plaque is composed.

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POOLE, D., NEWMAN, H. Dental Plaque and Oral Health. Nature 234, 329–331 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234329a0

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