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Plaque theory
Dental Plaque
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust best describes the new theory of plaque. Plaque is caused by bacteria but instead of a multitude of different bacteria, the plaque bacteria may be a single specie. The specie starts out as a spicule or granule of ash or dust from the remains of organisms such as foraminifera and grows into adults that form a cell wall of calcium compounds. The specie matures and dies where their biominerals are left behind as fossils and their bodies returned to earth as granules from whence they began.
Plaque Bacteria
Plaque bacteria begin as particles the size of a large virus. Too small to call a living organism because their size precludes the necessary genetic material and ribosomes necessary to reproduce. Yet, the organisms have been cultured, stained and viewed under an electron microscope. The best way to describe the spore is to call it a living particle. The difference between the living particle and a grain of sand is that the living particle contain genetic material that may be precursers of DNA. The other difference is that the living particle has magnetic powers that inorganic grains of sand do not posess. Living beings have an electromagnetic field surrounding their body and flowing through their body that breeds the energy of life. In the human body, when the energy dies, the human dies. The body decomposes, leaving the skeletal remains and the granules return back to earth. Plaque bacteria have the unique genetic trait of attracting biominerals to their surface to form cell walls. This unique property is attributed to nature and the gift of survival. Inherent in living organisms is the ability to survive in hostile environments. Plaque bacteria along with other shell organisms form biomineral armor to protect them from extinction. Plaque bacteria are found in limestone and other calcareous rock that dates their ancestors to the earliest forms of life. The bacteria are carried to humans and animals through the water. Not pure water, but via acid rain water. Acid rain leaches the minerals from rocks and washes the minerals along with granules of plaque bacteria into the waterways of America. The waterways take the bacteria into the irrigation system and metropolitan water systems throughout the states. Bovine animals and poultry feed and drink water that contains plaque bacteria and introduce the bacteria into humans when the animals and poultry are consumed. Vegetation grown with the water is consumed by humans. Drinking, rinsing and cooking with tap water introduces the bacteria into humans. In this country, most if not all the population have plaque bacteria living within their bodies.

In vitro experiments
No theory is convincing unless there is documented evidence backing the theory. The documented evidence was supplied by Olavi Kajander, a Finnish Biochemist who led a research team to link plaque bacteria to human disease. Plaque bacteria was taken from Fetal Bovine Serum and human blood and placed into a special medium to grow calcium deposits. Plaque growth is slow and shows no visible growth for at least 2 months. There can be no microscopic growth for at least 2 weeks. All patterns that resemble dental plaque. The growth occurs at the bottom of the petri dish where it has to be scraped off, similar to dental plaque. The plaque has been photographed to attack mammalian fibroblasts, kill the cells and destroy the fibrous connective tissue. This destructive process resembles one of the major signs of dental plaque. Plaque bacteria did not grow in the presence of blood serum. This was attributed to blood having blood inhibitors. The final link to plaque and human disease came from in vitro experiments where human kidney stones were ground and implanted in special media to grow plaque. Kajander concluded that plaque may be the cause of all calcium deposit diseases in humans that include dental pulp stones and dental plaque.

Behavior patterns of plaque bacteria
Bacteria do not intentionally commit harm to humans. It makes little sense that bacteria will want to kill humans and then find a new home. The human body is a perfect refuge for bacteria like the plaque bacteria. A safe place to hide and hibernate, store energy and have food and shelter. The simple essential things of life keep bacteria content. What threatens bacteria to become pathogens is changing the conditions of the body to threaten the bacteria. Bacteria in humans feel threatened by a high alkaline environment. Plaque bacteria may not be so much threatened by a high alkaline environment than the environment creates an electric field that automatically draws calcium to their body. As long as the environment remains high alkaline, plaque bacteria continue to form cell walls of calcium. When their growth becomes complete, the adult cell attracts calcium from another plaque bacteria and attach to the other cell by magnetic attraction. The two cells attract other plaque bacteria to form chains, the chains attract other chains to form clusters. The clusters amass to form colonies. The colonies become a strong magnet to attract more and more calcium to become a crystal. The crystalline formation becomes a pathogenic factor by being drawn to the cell wall of fibroblasts. Plaque bacteria kill fibroblasts to destroy fibrous connective tissue. During the growth process, plaque bacteria deplete the environment of calcium and phosphates. The body replaces the minerals by removing them from other body tissues. In the oral cavity, the tissue is bone. Destruction of fibrous connective tissue and displacement of bone are the signs of periodontal disease. There is a good possibility that plaque bacteria grow dental plaque that results in periodontal disease.

Periodontal disease
Plaque is not the whole cause of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease begins with a myriad of bacteria producing toxins from undigested food particles left after eating. The toxins oxidize blood in the oral cavity to create the right environment for plaque bacteria to form plaque in the periodontal tissues. Plaque formation in saliva combines with plaque in the periodontal tissues to form dental plaque that destroys fibrous connective tissue and causes bone loss. The myriad of pathogenic bacteria complies with the current theory of plaque. Compare the two theories by going to link Controversial
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