(Gallery) Bacteria and Bone Loss » Bacteria-Biofilm1

Stained to better show the bacteria.

Stained to better show the bacteria.

You can see in this picture your toothbrush can reach shallow gum infections but not periodontal infections in the supporting bone.
Note how disseminating oral infections can erode a patients heart valves.

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