Polyspecies biofilm formation on implant surfaces with different surface characteristics

Objective To investigate the microbial adherence and colonization of a polyspecies biofilm on 7 differently processed titanium surfaces. Material and Methods Six-species biofilms were formed anaerobically on 5-mm-diameter sterilized, saliva-preconditioned titanium discs. Material surfaces used wer...

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Main Authors: Patrick R. SCHMIDLIN, Phillip MULLER, Thomas ATTIN, Marco WIELAND, Deborah HOFER, Bernhard GUGGENHEIM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572013000100048&lng=en&tlng=en