Open AccessEfficacy of three-tone disclosing agent as an adjunct in caries risk assessment
Author(s) -
Jayanthi Mathaiyan,
Mangalampally Shilpapriya,
Venumbaka Nilaya Reddy,
Arun Elangovan,
Senthilkumar Rajendran,
Poornima Vijayakumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.161887
Subject(s) - dental plaque , medicine , pathological , streptococcus mutans , dentistry , biofilm , pathogenicity , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
Today, most approaches to caries viewed that catastrophic change in normal plaque biofilm is responsible for the disease. The behavior and composition of the biofilm are a reflection of the oral environment; the caries is a reflection of adverse changes occurring in that environment. Thus, it is important to identify the pathogenicity of the plaque biofilm so as to predict the caries risk. The recently developed three-tone plaque disclosing agent was used to test its ability in identifying the pathogenicity of plaque.