Talk:Plaque hypotheses

La Trobe Oral Health
We are a group of La Trobe Oral Health students doing our final year of an undergraduate degree. Part of the course we need to pick a Wikipedia site and edit it to make it more accurate and a useful tool of information.

One of the things I had in mind is to expand on the ecological plaque theory heading. The intention is to discuss the implication of this theory for the dental health professional and how it impacts the way in which they can control the caries disease. If we believe that dental caries results from an ecological disturbance in the biofilm, what are the strategies for dealing with the disease. I will discuss the use of strategies that restore the ecological balance of the microbial community, such as biofilm control, saliva stimulation and sugar control.

Current understanding shows that dental plaque biofilm is an essential aetiological agent of the common forms of chronic gingivitis and periodontitis. I have noticed that the periodontal disease is not discussed on this page. The plaque hypothesis applies equally to periodontal disease and it can also be elaborated by our group. CatManDoes (talk) 08:38, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Additionally, we aim to further explore the specific and non specific plaque hypotheses, to discuss the origins and history with when the theories and concepts were formulated. This information will be made to support what the etiological plaque hypotheses surrounds and more current evolved concepts with their association to dental caries and periodontal disease. (MABull84 (talk) 09:10, 18 April 2016 (UTC))

@De la Marck, do you see issues with the above approach ? what else would you suggest to make the page more useful ? 12:53, 18 April 2016 (UTC) 12:52, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

No problems; I've been waiting for someone to help me with my page; I've gotten some material together too so I'll see what Ys do and maybe add also. Thanks, Le Sanglier des Ardennes (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

I will provide additional citation for introduction CatManDoes (talk) 01:56, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Hey everyone, I was thinking of changing the format to first have description/context of each hypothesis, then going on to describe the relationship between caries/perio disease for each hypothesis. It just seems more straightforward and easier to follow. Might also change the language and sentence structure a bit as some people reading the page may not be able to understand the vocabulary which detracts from understanding the content properly. We gotta remember that this can be accessed by anyone and it would be nice if the page was set up — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valincaphan (talk • contribs) 04:27, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I agree with the approach design you mentioned above. The page was getting messy, and not easy to follow. Valincaphan MABull84 (talk) 08:46, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I agree, I also think that the first paragraph could use some fixing up as it looks a bit messy. Also I would like to add a little summary in of who created each theory, what do you think? and do you think it would be better putting it at the top of the page or in the caries section? Caitlindegiorgio (talk) 12:51, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I have just added some brief back ground information to the non-specific plaque hypotheses. I have more to come, I thought I would just start there and see how everyone feels about it ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by MABull84 (talk • contribs) 08:53, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm going to be adding to the non specific plaque hypotheses in the periodontal disease section Caitlindegiorgio (talk) 01:28, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Hey guys, I'll try and find more info on the ecological plaque hypothesis sections too. They look a little :( User:Valincaphan (talk) 04:34, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello again! I've added the garden analogy just in case someone reading doesn't quite understand the concept. Please don't delete it unless you think it adds absolutely no value to the page. Would like some feedback on it aswell. Valincaphan (talk) 13:40, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

I've removed the bit about the garden; remember here you can't put just your own thoughts or unreferenced material on the page. If you can find a book etc. that uses that analogy you can tweak the paragraph to reflect that and reopen it. Nice job all Le Sanglier des Ardennes (talk) 21:24, 23 May 2016 (UTC)