title: The effect of disaccharides on the plaque-forming potential of Streptoccoccus mutans.
abstract: The comparative and combined effects of sucrose, maltose, and lactose as factors on the plaque-forming potential of Streptococcus mutans were assessed. With increasing additions of maltose to sucrose-supplemented medium there was decreasing plaque formation. Lactose additions slightly increased plaque formation, but when combined with maltose they significantly enhanced the maltose inhibition of plaque formation.
mesh_terms: D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004187:Disaccharides; D013395:Sucrose; D008320:Maltose; D007785:Lactose