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The influence of surface texture and wettability on initial bacterial adhesion on titanium and zirconium oxide dental implants

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Implant Dentistry, July 2017
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The influence of surface texture and wettability on initial bacterial adhesion on titanium and zirconium oxide dental implants
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International Journal of Implant Dentistry, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40729-017-0093-3
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Torsten Wassmann, Stefan Kreis, Michael Behr, Ralf Buergers

Abstract

This study aims to investigate bacterial adhesion on different titanium and ceramic implant surfaces, to correlate these findings with surface roughness and surface hydrophobicity, and to define the predominant factor for bacterial adhesion for each material. Zirconia and titanium specimens with different surface textures and wettability (5.0 mm in diameter, 1.0 mm in height) were prepared. Surface roughness was measured by perthometer (R a ) and atomic force microscopy, and hydrophobicity according to contact angles by computerized image analysis. Bacterial suspensions of Streptococcus sanguinis and Staphylococcus epidermidis were incubated for 2 h at 37 °C with ten test specimens for each material group and quantified with fluorescence dye CytoX-Violet and an automated multi-detection reader. Variations in surface roughness (R a ) did not lead to any differences in adhering S. epidermidis, but higher R a resulted in increased S. sanguinis adhesion. In contrast, higher bacterial adhesion was observed on hydrophobic surfaces than on hydrophilic surfaces for S. epidermidis but not for S. sanguinis. The potential to adhere S. sanguinis was significantly higher on ceramic surfaces than on titanium surfaces; no such preference could be found for S. epidermidis. Both surface roughness and wettability may influence the adhesion properties of bacteria on biomaterials; in this context, the predominant factor is dependent on the bacterial species. Wettability was the predominant factor for S. epidermidis and surface texture for S. sanguinis. Zirconia did not show any lower bacterial colonization potential than titanium. Arithmetical mean roughness values R a (measured by stylus profilometer) are inadequate for describing surface roughness with regard to its potential influence on microbial adhesion.

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Unknown 181 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 16%
Student > Master 27 15%
Researcher 18 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 9 5%
Other 31 17%
Unknown 57 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 29 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 10%
Materials Science 16 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 4%
Unspecified 8 4%
Other 30 17%
Unknown 71 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 July 2017.
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