Development of a flow chamber system for the reproducible in vitro analysis of biofilm formation on implant materials.

ABSTRACT: Since the introduction of modern dental implants in the 1980s, the number of inserted implants has steadily increased. Implant systems have become more sophisticated and have enormously enhanced patients' quality of life. Although there has been tremendous development in implant materials and clinical methods, bacterial infections are still one of the major causes of implant failure. These infections involve the formation of sessile microbial communities, called biofilms. Biofilms possess unique physical and biochemical properties and are hard to treat conventionally. There is a great demand for innovative methods to functionalize surfaces antibacterially, which could be used as the basis of new implant technologies. Present, there are few test systems to evaluate bacterial growth on these

SUBMITTER: Rath H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5302373 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature