Used toothbrush bristle

Used toothbrush bristle. colored scanning lepton micrograph (SEM) of a bristle from a second user toothbrush. it's coated in bacterial plaque.Plaque consists of a movie of microorganism embedded in a very conjugated protein matrix. The matrix is created from microorganism secretions and spit. Plaque is that the main reason behind dental caries. The microorganism go after sugars in food, manufacturing acid as a waste material.