| Seq #157 | Friday, March 23, 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:45 AM-12:15 PM Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 292, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cariogenic Dental Biofilm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sponsored by: Cariology Research, Microbiology / Immunology and Infection Control | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: Dental biofilm is a dynamic and diverse microbial community enmeshed in an equally complex polysaccharide matrix. Dental caries occurs as a result of a shift in the biofilm community towards dominance by acidogenic and acid-tolerant bacteria and elevated amounts of extracellular polysaccharides. This symposium will provide a unique insight of how a cariogenic dental biofilm is formed at biochemical, physiological and molecular levels, and also present chemotherapeutic strategies to reduce the cariogenicity of these biofilms. The symposium will be divided in 4 stepwise and interconnected topics as follows: 1) Cariogenic biofilm formation and composition; 2) Extracellular polysaccharides and biofilm cariogenicity; 3) Gene expression and regulation during biofilm formation, 4) Strategies to reduce biofilm cariogenicity. Therefore, this symposium is geared toward researchers and clinicians alike. This symposium will cover the basic concepts and therapeutics of cariogenic biofilm development at physiological, molecular and clinical levels. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson: R. QUIVEY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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