Across
- 3. Does not have defined shape or structure
- 4. A solution that contains more dissolved ions than it can ordinarily hold at equilibrium
- 5. Initial focus around which calculus crystals begin to grow
- 8. A microorganism that can live and reproduce only in the absence of free oxygen
- 9. A microorganism that requires free molecular oxygen for growth and metabolism
- 10. A white blood cell
Down
- 1. A naturally occurring salivary inhibitor of crystal growth
- 2. A family of calcium-phosphate crystal minerals that make up enamel, dentin, bone, and the inorganic fraction of dental calculus
- 6. The organic framework that surrounds and binds together the mineral crystals within calculus deposits
- 7. Mineralized dental biofilm
- 8. Lacking living cells