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Plaque is an opaque, soft deposit that is adherent to teeth and other oral tissues. In this image, a probe has been swept along the gingival margin, collecting plaque. Note also the heavy calculus deposits on the maxillary third premolar (107), mandibular fourth premolar and first molar (408, 409), and the missing third premolar (407)
