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  2. Dental plaque - Wikipedia

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    Dental plaque is a biofilm that attaches to tooth surfaces, restorations and prosthetic appliances (including dentures and bridges) if left undisturbed.Understanding the formation, composition and characteristics of plaque helps in its control. [6]

  3. Calculus (dental) - Wikipedia

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    This spun off many modern words, including calculate (' use stones for mathematical purposes '), and calculus, which came to be used, in the 18th century, for accidental or incidental mineral buildups in human and animal bodies, like kidney stones and minerals on teeth. [3]

  4. Foam cell - Wikipedia

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    Foam cells, also called lipid-laden macrophages, are a type of cell that contain cholesterol.These can form a plaque that can lead to atherosclerosis and trigger myocardial infarction and stroke.

  5. Plaque hypotheses - Wikipedia

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    The specific plaque hypothesis was the favoured opinion at the birth of microbiology in the late nineteenth century. It posited that there were some specific pathogenic bacteria among the oral microbiome which were solely responsible for disease, and in the absence of which the oral environment would be healthy.

  6. Wick effect - Wikipedia

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    The clothed human body acts like an "inside-out" candle, with the fuel source (human fat) inside and the wick (the clothing of the victim) outside. Hence there is a continuous supply of fuel in the form of melting fat seeping into the victim's clothing. Fat contains a large amount of energy due to the presence of long hydrocarbon chains.

  7. Blaschko's lines - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Blaschko, a private practice dermatologist from Berlin, first described and drew the patterns of the lines of Blaschko in 1901. He obtained his data by studying over 140 patients with various nevoid and acquired skin diseases and transposed the visible patterns the diseases followed onto dolls and statues, then compiled the patterns onto a composite schematic of the human body.