720 



Caries — Continued 



microstructural changes, 171 



milk powders, 266 



nonacid decalcification theory, 648 



nutritional status, 265 



pattern of attack, 182 



polarized light, 178 



protease, 294 



proteolysis-chelation theory, 647 



recrystallization process, 206 



resting period, 176 



salivary substrate, 266 



subsurface demineralization, 98 



transmission, 261 



ultrastructure, 187, 190 

 Caries bacteria 



buffer requirement, 275 



COo requirement, 275 



inorganic salt requirement, 275 



nutrients from tooth, 277 



polysaccharide storage, 277 

 Caries control, 278 

 Caries initiation, specificity, 272 

 Caries in vitro, 213, 217 



acetic acid, 219 



lactic acid, 219 

 Caries-like cavities, exhumed teeth, 



130 

 Caries-like lesions, 217 



bacterial metabolism, 219 



model system, 214 

 Caries resistance, fluoride ion eff^ect, 



276 

 Caries transmissibility, 270 



summary, 278 

 Cariogenic components, alimentary 



canal microbiota, 269 

 Cariogenic flora, 262 



antibiotics, 268 



contagiousness, 268 

 Cariogenic microbiota, hamsters, 



268 

 Cariogenic microorganisms, coloniza- 

 tion of, 274 

 Cariogenic plaque, 268 



hamsters, 272 

 Cariogenic potential 



carbohydrates, 264 



SUBJECT INDEX 



enterococci, 267 



foodstuffs, 267 



lactobacilli, 267 



streptococci, 267 

 Cariogenic streptococci, plaque, 270 

 Cariogenicity, 266 

 Carious dentin 



carbonate, 201 



collagenous fibrils, 200, 201 



fluoride content, 203 



intercanalicular matrix, 193, 198, 

 199 



trace elements, 205 



ultrastructure, 191 



zinc content, 203 

 Carious enamel 



aluminum, 199 



crystallites, 194, 195 



fluoride content, 197 



iron, 199 



lead, 199 



organic material, 191 



organic matrix, 196, 197 



surface layer, 204 



trace elements, 201 

 Carious invasion, hibernation, 289 

 Carious lesion 



bacterial plaque, 217 



hamster, 273 



incipient, see Incipient carious le- 

 sion 

 Carious lesion formation, 217 



chemical systems, 220 



dynamics, 244 



elementary mechanism, 220 



enamel surface, 248 



mathematical treatment, 252 



polarized light, 225 

 Carious process, organic matrix, 206 

 Carious teeth, chemical composition, 



195 

 Carious zones, birefringence, 218, 227 

 Carnivorous Gastropoda, 4; see also 



Snail 

 /^-Carotene, 629 

 Carriers of enzymes, 505 

 Cartilage invasion, 479, 481 



resorption, 483 



