Friday, March 23, 2012: 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session Type: Oral Session
1.5 CE hours
Learning Objectives:
Be updated on agents that influence the growth and metabolism of cariogenic microorganism
Be aware of the latest developments in cariogenic biofilms
Chairs:
L. ZHAN
and
M.M. NASCIMENTO
Arginine metabolism may confer caries resistance in children
M.M. NASCIMENTO1, Y. LIU2, R. KALRA2, S. PEREZ3, A. ADEWUMI4, X. XU5, and R.A. BURNE2, 1College of Dentistry, Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Operative Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2College of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 3University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 4College of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 5College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Study of Streptococcus mutans and lactobacilli on dentin caries formation
L. ZHAN1, G. MARSHALL2, S. MARSHALL3, J. FEATHERSTONE1, G. NONOMURA4, C. LE4, M. RAPOZO-HILO5, and W. LI6, 1University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2Preventive and Restorative Dent Sci, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3Dept of Prev. & Rest. Dent. Sciences, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 4Prevent. and Rest. Dent. Sci, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 5Prevent. & Restor. Dental Sciences, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 6Orofacial Sciences, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Identification of Streptococcus sobrinus Lytic Bacteriophages Isolated From Caspian Sea
K. BEHESHTI MAAL1, M. BOUZARI1, and F. ARBABZADEH-ZAVAREH2, 1Department of Biology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, 2Department of Operative Dentistry and Torabinejad Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Microbial Community Succession on Developing Lesions on Human Enamel
L. TORLAKOVIC1, V. KLEPAC-CERAJ2, S.L. COTTON3, I. OLSEN1, B. ØGAARD1, and B.J. PASTER3, 1University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 2The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, 3Department of Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA