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Hee-Eun Kim
This study aimed to compare the longitudinal efficacy between chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX; 0.12%) and cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) in reducing oral biofilm pathogenicity, utilizing a quantitative light-induced fluorescence-digital (QLF-D) camera. Oral ...
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Doria Gergeta, Matea Badnjevic, Ljerka Karleusa, Zeljka Maglica, Stjepan Spalj and Ivana Gobin
This study aimed to analyse the effect of chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX DG) mouthwash on the adhesion of oral bacteria to orthodontic appliances. The interactions of four bacteria (S. mutans, A. actinomycetemcomitans, S. oralis, and V. parvula) with two...
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Paolo Caccianiga, Saverio Ceraulo, Gérard Rey, Dario Monai, Marco Baldoni and Gianluigi Caccianiga
Introduction: Within the field of periodontology, there has been a proposal for the utilization of noninvasive laser therapy as a potential treatment for persistent periodontitis. The Laser-Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP) employs an Nd:YAG lase...
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Manuela Elena Voicu, Daniela Ionita, George-Octavian Buica, Doina Draganescu, Valentina Anuta, Florentina Monica Raduly and Ioana Demetrescu
This paper compares two types of polylactic acid (PLA) coating on AZ31 alloy obtained by dip coating and electrospinning. Both types of coating were loaded with gentamicin sulphate (GS) and the drug-loading efficiency and release were assessed. A higher ...
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Gabriela Aguilar-Hernández, Brandon A. López-Romero, Alejandro Pérez-Larios, José M. Ruvalcaba-Gómez, Inkar Castellanos-Huerta, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Victor M. Petrone-García, Luis M. Anaya-Esparza and Efigenia Montalvo-González
Currently, several biological activities are attributed to the acetogenins (ACGs) of Annonaceae (including Annona muricata); among these is antimicrobial activity. The main focus of this experiment was to evaluate the antimicrobial effect of the crude ex...
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Beata Kaczmarek-Szczepanska, Lidia Zasada, Marta Michalska-Sionkowska, Jithin Vishnu and Geetha Manivasagam
Titanium is one of the most widely used metals in implantology owing to its reduced modulus, improved corrosion resistance and good biocompatibility. In spite of its excellent biocompatibility, it does not exhibit inherent antibacterial and antioxidant a...
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Nandipha L. Botha, Karen J. Cloete, Nolubabalo Matinise, Oladipupo M. David, Admire Dube and Malik Maaza
The application of nanotechnology in antimicrobial and cytotoxicity studies has recently been receiving increased interest. This paper report on the use of Persea americana Mill. (avocado) seed husk to synthesize hydronium jarosite nanoparticles in a fac...
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László Wojnárovits, Renáta Homlok, Krisztina Kovács, Anikó Bezsenyi and Erzsébet Takács
The fluoroquinolone-type antibiotic ofloxacin is regularly detected in wastewaters. In this work, its hydroxyl radical (?OH) induced degradation was studied at a concentration of 0.1 mmol dm-3 in three water matrices, pure water, tap water, and purified ...
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Felicia Suciu, Iuliana Stoicescu, Elena Carmen Lupu, Antoanela Popescu, Adrian Cosmin Ro?ca, Florentina Nicoleta Roncea, Denisa-Elena Dumitrescu, Victoria Badea and Florin Ciprian Badea
The aim is to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal properties of the extracts obtained from Lysimachia nummularia L. in order to be able to introduce these extracts into pharmaceutical products and obtain useful products in the infectious and antifu...
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Ahmed Akram EL-Awady, Hussein Nassef Al-Khalifa, Raafat Elghetany Mohamed, Mohamed Mohamed Ali, Khaled Farouk Abdallah, Mostafa Mohamed Hosny, Ahmed Abdel Salam Mohamed, Khaled Samy ElHabbak and Farouk Ahmed Hussein
This in vitro study compared the shear bond strength (SBS) and antibacterial efficacy of an orthodontic adhesive containing either cinnamon or titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs). A total sample of 120 freshly extracted teeth was randomly divided...
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