Diffusion Properties of Dental Plaque in Relation to Dental Caries

McNee, Stuart Greig (1981) Diffusion Properties of Dental Plaque in Relation to Dental Caries. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

Diffusion in dental plaque is recognised to be important to caries formation. It has been postulated that plaque acts as a barrier to diffusion, thereby trapping harmful acid at the tooth surface. Extracellular polysaccharides, such as glucan, in the plaque matrix were thought to be the diffusion controlling component of plaque. However, there were no quantitative measurements to support these hypotheses.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Dentistry
• Date of Award: 1981
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1981-77163
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2020 09:17
• Last Modified: 14 Jan 2020 09:17
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/77163