Treatment of Streptococcus mutans biofilms with a nonthermal atmospheric plasma

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-323

  Sladek, R E J ^a   Filoche, S K ^b   Sissons, C H ^b   Stoffels, E ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Caries; Chlorhexidine digluconate; Dental plaque; Nonthermal atmospheric plasma; Streptococcus mutans; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM CULTURES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARIES; CHLORHEXIDINE DIGLUCONATE; DENTAL PLAQUES; NONTHERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PLASMAS; PLASMA TREATMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS;

CARIOGENIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; SUCROSE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; GROWTH RATE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DENTAL HEALTH; SUCROSE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; NONTHERMAL ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA; PLASMA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34548062868     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02194.x     Document Type: Article

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