摘要Objective To screen the coaggregating pairs between perio-pathogenic and cariogenic bacteria and to investigate the susceptibility of these coaggregations to inhibitors. Methods 4 strains of perio-pathogenic bacteria, Fusobacterium nuleatum (Fn) ATCC 10953, Actinobacilllus actinomycetem comitans (Aa) Y4, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) ATCC 33277,Prevotella intermedia (Pi) ATCC 25261 and 4 strains of cariogenic bacteria, Streptococcus mutans (Sm) Ingbritt, Streptococcus sanguis (Ss) 34, Actinomyces viscosus (Av) 19246 and Lactobacillus acidophilus (La) ATCC 4356 were used to determine the coaggregating degrees of various combinations of the above bacteria by a visual assay and a turbidimetric assay. Then more than +2(or 20%) coaggregation degrees' pairs were used to investigate the inhibitory effect of lactose and arginine and to identify the minimum of their coaggregation-inhibitory concentration. Results The coaggregation degrees of Fn-Av, Pg-Av, Fn-Sm, Fn-Ss, Fn-La and Pg-Ss pairs were higher than +2(20%). 3.0 ～ 6.0mmol/L of arginine were considerably effective to the above pairs except Fn-Av pair and the disaggregation degrees were 49% ～ 92%. The maximum of their disaggregation degree to Fn-Av pair was just 18%. 120 ～ 300mmol/L of lactose were significantly effective to Pg-Ss pair, the disaggregation degrees were 57% ～ 91%. They partially inhibited Pg-Av pair and were almost ineffective to Fn-G + pairs. Conclusion The coaggregations between perio-pathogenic and cariogenic bacteria are highly specific. Most of them are relatively sensitive to arginine.