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Plaque Invaders

Every day, bacteria descend on the gumline and start organizing into biofilm. You have a water flosser.

Fresh plaque wipes right off. Plaque you leave alone links up, shields itself, and eventually calcifies into tartar — and no jet of water removes tartar.

Descending tonight
T. forsythia & T. denticola rank and file
S. mutans spits acid from the back row
F. nucleatum bridges its neighbors into shielded biofilm — break the bridge first
A. actinomycetemcomitans dives for the gums
P. gingivalis the red one. Day 3.
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Brushing shields stop acid and divers, and wear down a little every day no matter what. Brushing patches them — only the hygienist rebuilds them
Tartar plaque left too long calcifies — water can't touch it. The hygienist clears it every fourth day
Acid burns the gums, jams your nozzle
Pressure recovers between bursts. Holding the trigger runs the reservoir down.
← → move
SPACE fire
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On a phone: drag to move, hold to fire.

A game, not medical advice. The organism notes between days come from this practice's page on bacterial testing.

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Tonight's honest question
We have no way to check this. Your gums do.
The line breaks

The gumline fell.

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Plaque never stops coming back — that isn't a difficulty setting, it's the biology. The daily disruption is the game.

Filling the reservoir…
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