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dental plaque

is dental plaque & heart plaque the same?
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so any liquid to take to take dental plaque away without going to the dentist??...i mean any suggested mouthwash??
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Dental plaque is made up of a mixture(for a better word) of the oral bacteria. The consistency of which is a sticky film that occurs every 24 hours. It becomes hard (tartar) when it reacts with the saliva. This is the calculus that the dentist has to remove. Heart plaque is a solid material that is composed of a lipoprotein. There is no correlation between the two.
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