Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to implant materials.
Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to implant materials.
Yumi Fujioka-Hirai,Yasumasa Akagawa,3 Authors,Hidekazu Suginaka
1987 · DOI: 10.1002/JBM.820210707
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research · 40 Citations
TLDR
The adherence of Streptococcus mutans OMZ-176 to six implant materials was studied in vitro and suggests that hydrophobic interaction plays an important role in the adherence of S. mutans to the implant materials.