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Maria Eleni Ioannou, Georgia K. Pouroutzidou, Iason Chatzimentor, Ioannis Tsamesidis, Nikoletta Florini, Ioannis Tsiaoussis, Evgenia Lymperaki, Philomela Komninou and Eleana Kontonasaki
Hemocompatible nanoparticles with reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging properties for titanium implant surface coatings may eliminate implant failure related to inflammation and bacterial invasion. Cerium (Ce) is a rare earth element, that belongs to...
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Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad, Lamia S. Mokeem, Michael D. Weir, Huakun Xu and Mary Anne S. Melo
This study intended to investigate the long-term antibacterial effect, mechanical performance, and surface topography of new anticaries dental composites. While most artificial aging studies of dental resins lasted for 30?90 days, this study prolonged th...
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Michelina Catauro, Simona Piccolella and Cristina Leonelli
Silica/polycaprolactone and titania/polycaprolactone hybrid organic/inorganic amorphous composites were prepared via a sol-gel method starting from a multi-element solution containing tetramethyl orthosilicate (TMOS) or titanium butoxide (TBT), polycapro...
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Agnieszka Ossowska, Andrzej Zielinski, Jean-Marc Olive, Andrzej Wojtowicz and Piotr Szweda
The increasing demand for titanium and its alloys used for implants results in the need for innovative surface treatments that may both increase corrosion resistance and biocompatibility and demonstrate antibacterial protection at no cytotoxicity. The pu...
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Mayra Eliana Valencia Zapata, José Herminsul Mina Hernandez, Carlos David Grande Tovar, Carlos Humberto Valencia Llano, Blanca Vázquez-Lasa, Julio San Román and Luis Rojo
Acrylic bone cement (ABC) is one of the most used materials in orthopedic surgery, mainly for the fixation of orthopedic implants to the bone. However, ABCs usually present lack of biological activity and osseointegration capacity that leads to loosening...
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Alberto Chiloeches, Coro Echeverría, Marta Fernández-García and Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla
A series of methacrylic copolymers bearing thiazolium cationic groups and catechol moieties were evaluated as antibacterial coatings on a variety of materials including aluminum and plastics such as polycarbonate, poly(methyl methacrylate), and silicone ...
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