Component
Calcium concentration in fluid from human in-situ dental biofilm
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What it does
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What acts on it
Sucrose exposure did not lower calcium in the biofilm fluid compartment, including after the cariogenic challenge.
Experimental context and source evidence
- dose
- Sucrose or glucose+fructose solution 8 times/day versus water; concentration and sample size unrecovered
- duration
- 14 days; 24-hour carbohydrate withdrawal follow-up
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract/metadata; unrecovered methods explicitly retained.
- evidence_scope
- literature_reviewed; source-specific curation
- experimental_model
- Human volunteers wearing enamel blocks in palatal appliances
- exposure_scope
- Sucrose and local mineral availability
- limitations
- Local biofilm calcium, phosphate and fluoride pools are not systemic nutrient status. Whole-biofilm and fluid results differ; no dietary calcium-deficiency inference.
- nutrient_topic
- Sucrose chapter; direct sucrose observations are distinguished from shared component metabolism. · Sucrose
- organism
- Human volunteers wearing enamel blocks in palatal appliances
- plain_language
- Sucrose exposure did not lower calcium in the biofilm fluid compartment, including after the cariogenic challenge.
- primary_references
- Ca, Pi, and F in the fluid of biofilm formed under sucrose. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16931867/ DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500911
- route
- Repeated local oral exposure
- tissue
- Whole dental biofilm versus its fluid compartment
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Original AI-assisted source-specific sucrose curation with shared canonical claims retained by identity. Primary-study citations, negative findings, exposure details and limitations preserved. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human volunteers wearing enamel blocks in palatal appliances · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## sucrose-biofilm-fluid-calcium-null Sucrose exposure did not lower calcium in the biofilm fluid compartment, including after the cariogenic challenge. Model/species: Human volunteers wearing enamel blocks in palatal appliances Tissue: Whole dental biofilm versus its fluid compartment Exposure: Sucrose or glucose+fructose solution 8 times/day versus water; concentration and sample size unrecovered Route: Repeated local oral exposure Duration: 14 days; 24-hour carbohydrate withdrawal follow-up Exposure scope: Sucrose and local mineral availability Limits: Local biofilm calcium, phosphate and fluoride pools are not systemic nutrient status. Whole-biofilm and fluid results differ; no dietary calcium-deficiency inference. Reference: Ca, Pi, and F in the fluid of biofilm formed under sucrose. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16931867/ DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500911 Access: Primary abstract/metadata; unrecovered methods explicitly retained.
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