Necessary Basics Elements, Isotopes, Ions, Chemical Reactions, Energy Metabolism, and Bacterial Structures

This chapter describes how a traditional discussion of atomic structure and its relationship to organic chemistry is relevant to dentistry. Although the fundamental chemistry and biochemistry described here are common knowledge, the discussion centers on the associations with teeth and dental disease (Sects. 1 and 2). In addition, the difference between respiration and fermentation and the different types of fermentations involved in dental caries and periodontal disease are discussed (Sect. 3). The chapter concludes with a discussion of the difference between the outer cell surface of gram-positive and gramnegative bacteria that is important in causing these diseases (Sect. 4). [Pg.1]

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