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Diamond Surgical Tools
Deposition technology has played a major part in the creation of today’s scientific devices. Computers, electronic equipment, biomedical implants, cutting tools, optical components, and automotive parts are al...
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Nanocrystalline Diamond: Deposition Routes and Clinical Applications
Diamond is one of the most advanced and most useful engineering materials in use today. The properties of synthetic diamond are very similar to that of single crystal diamond and it is well established that di...
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Dental Tool Technology
Dental technology is a discipline of dentistry concerned with the custom manufacture of dental devices to meet the prescription of a dentist. From the earliest times missing teeth have been replaced with dentu...
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Summary of: Evaluation of in vivo denture plaque assessment methods
Provides a critical review of methods used to assess coverage of denture surfaces by plaque.
Notes that the...
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Evaluation of in vivo denture plaque assessment methods
Provides a critical review of methods used to assess coverage of denture surfaces by plaque.
Notes that the...
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The Effect of Substratum Properties on the Survival of Attached Microorganisms on Inert Surfaces
Biofilm formation is dependent on the surrounding environmental conditions and substratum parameters. Once a biofilm forms many factors may influence cell survival and resistance. Cell adhesion to a surface is...
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The influence of substratum topography on bacterial adhesion to polymethyl methacrylate
The effect of substratum roughness on the adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis was investigated using PMMA. A small increase in Ra values (0.04–1.24 μm) resulted in a significant i...
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Bacterial adhesion to inert thermoplastic surfaces
The adhesion of four bacterial species, two strains of each, to four hydrophobic thermoplastics was observed. Image analysis of adherent cells stained with acridine orange provided a rapid, direct and objectiv...