Across
- 2. The framework where growth happens; nature’s building grid.
- 4. Hardened plaque packed with minerals; the rock star of dental grime.
- 8. Lacking cells; running solo in the microscopic world.
- 10. A solution on overload; packed past its limit.
- 11. Plaque’s worst enemy; a natural blocker of tartar.
Down
- 1. Starting point or trouble spot; the spark that sets things off.
- 3. Oxygen-avoiding microbe; grows in places air dares not go.
- 5. Shapeless and structure-free; the blob of biology.
- 6. Bone and tooth sparkle; a calcium-phosphate crystal core.
- 7. Shape-shifting white blood cell; the body’s defense ninja.
- 9. Oxygen-loving microbe; thrives when air’s around (some can’t live without it, others just prefer it).