New Imaging Technique Developed at MBL Illuminates The Structure of Dental Plaque
More than 600 different kinds of bacteria live in the human mouth, but only a handful can be identified at any one time using conventional microscopy. That has left researchers and clinicians in the dark about where the rest may be, and how they may be interacting.Yet with a new imaging technique developed at the MBL, up to 120 different kinds of bacteria in human dental plaque can be detected in a single field of view.
