Fig. 3.

(A) Streptococcus mutans control after 48 h. Extensive growth and clumping of the streptococci chains can be seen, adhering to the enamel surface and each other through pellicle and glucan binding, (B) Enamel after Treatment 3, and 48 h of growth. S. mutans was added one hour before the synergistic plant combination at the MIC concentration. Chain formation is affected and the normal morphology and size of S. mutans (indicated by arrows), as seen in (A), is distorted