Saliva Checked?
To Cut Or Not To Cut
Nothing But Spit
ICDAS is the Name
Biofilm is X-rated
100
6.8
What is the resting pH of normal saliva
100
I am not halfway through enamel
What is an E1 lesion
100
1 mL
What is the minimum stimulated saliva flow that is considered normal?
100
ICDAS
What is the International Caries Detection and Assessment System?
100
It starts at 5.5
What is the pH that demineralization starts?
200
>7
What is the pH of normal stimulated saliva
200
I am barely into dentin
What is a D1 lesion?
200
It normally increases my pH.
What is stimulated saliva flow?
200
First visual change in enamel, seen only after air drying.
What is an ICDAS code 1 lesion?
200
It starts a 4.5.
What is the pH at which hydroxy-fluorapatite demineralizes?
300
This company manufactures the Saliva Check Buffer kit.
Who is GC America?
300
You should always cut on me.
What is a D3 lesion?
300
My biggest contribution is to caries prevention
What is saliva buffering capacity?
300
Distinct cavity with visible dentin, frank cavitation involving less than half of the tooth surface.
What is an ICDAS code 5 lesion
300
24 hours
How long does it take the biofilm to reach maturity?
400
Buffering capacity indicates how well the saliva can moderate me.
What are plaque pH changes?
400
You can always try to remineralize me.
What are E1 and E2 lesions?
400
I am more common in the elderly.
What is xerostomia?
400
The minimum ICDAS code that recommends at all risk levels to do a minimally invasive restoration.
What is an ICDAS code 5 lesion?
400
These two bugs now have over 30 other friends in the biofilm.
What are Strep Mutans and Lactobacilli?
500
Saliva buffering capacity
What is the measurement of bicarbonate concentration of saliva?
500
I am usually hard, discolored, and shiny.
What are remineralized smooth surface lesions?
500
Protein antibacterial (depressed by iron and copper) found in saliva.
What is Lysozyme?
500
At this ICDAS code, histological lesion depth was 100% into dentin.
What is an ICDAS code 5?
500
British researcher who in 1989 demonstrated that pH not sugar availability led to the breakdown of bacterial homeostasis in dental plaque.
What is Phillip Marsh?
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