Metagenomic analysis of ancient dental calculus reveals unexplored diversity of oral archaeal Methanobrevibacter [PDF]
Microbiome, 2021 Background Dental calculus (mineralised dental plaque) preserves many types of microfossils and biomolecules, including microbial and host DNA, and ancient calculus are thus an important source of information regarding our ancestral human oral microbiome.
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Patients with dental calculus have increased saliva and gingival crevicular fluid fetuin-A levels but no association with fetuin-A polymorphisms [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2016 : Fetuin-A is a potent inhibitor of calcium-phosphate precipitation and of the calcification process, therefore it can also be related with dental calculus.
Gülnihal Emrem DOĞAN +6 more
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Heritage-specific oral microbiota in Indigenous Australian dental calculus. [PDF]
Evol Med Public Health, 2022 Background and objectives Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) experience a high burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
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Aragonite toothpaste for management of dental calculus: A double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial. [PDF]
Clin Exp Dent Res, 2022 Aragonite from animal origin such as cuttlefish bone powder is an abrasive with hardness properties ideal for calculus removal. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial was to test the efficacy of a cuttlebone‐derived aragonite toothpaste in ...
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Advancing and refining archaeological dental calculus research using multiomic frameworks [PDF]
STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research, 2021 Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is a cross-cultural biological matrix that is emerging as a critical source of information for anthropologists and oral health professionals. It contains a multitude of diverse biomolecules, providing information
Sterling Wright +2 more
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Tracking the transition to agriculture in Southern Europe through ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Significance The oral microbial community living in symbiosis with humans is a rich and diverse driver of health and disease that is strongly influenced by our ecology and lifestyle. However, its evolution across human prehistory remains elusive.
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Reactivity of aragonite with dicalcium phosphate facilitates removal of dental calculus [PDF]
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in MedicineDental calculus, a main contributor of periodontal diseases, is mostly composed of inorganic calcium phosphate species such as dicalcium phosphate, whitlockite, octa calcium phosphate, and hydroxyapatite.
Amir Elhadad +7 more
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Microbiome, 2019 Background Dental calculus, calcified oral plaque biofilm, contains microbial and host biomolecules that can be used to study historic microbiome communities and host responses. Dental calculus does not typically accumulate as much today as historically,
Irina M. Velsko +10 more
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Genes, 2021 Recent advantages in paleomicrobiology have provided an opportunity to investigate the composition of ancient microbial ecologies. Here, using metagenome analysis, we investigated the microbial profiles of historic dental calculus retrieved from ...
Alisa Kazarina +7 more
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In vitro biomimetic development of artificial dental calculus: a proof of concept study [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground To develop an in vitro model to generate dental calculus through a standardized process of biofilm mineralization, and compare it with natural human dental calculus .
Jae-Kook Cha +9 more
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