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07/10/2009 at 7:38 pm
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Shirdent
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Yes, Dr. Kutsch mentioned caries being a pH disease at the last World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry this summer. The confusion for me is that early gnotobiotic rat studies showed a strong correlation between strep and lesions. The germ free rats didn’t get holes in their teeth. So right now I’m thinking we need to test saliva for pH and for strep to let us know how often the pH is low. Strep love low pH.
Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE