Streptococcus mutans attachment on a cast titanium surface

Streptococcus mutans attachment on a cast titanium surface

This study examined by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the attachment of Streptococcus mutans and the corrosion of cast commercially pure titanium, used in dental dentures. The sample discs were cast in commercially pure titanium using the vacuum-pressure machine (Rematitan System). The...

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Main Authors: Sicknan Soares da Rocha, Adilson César Abreu Bernardi, Antônio Carlos Pizzolitto, Gelson Luis Adabo, Elisabeth Loshchagin Pizzolitto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2009-03-01
Series:Materials Research
Subjects:
titanium
surface roughness
bacterial adhesion
biofilm
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392009000100003

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