Antibacterial Property of a Polyethylene Glycol-Grafted Dental Material

Dental materials often cause bacterial adhesion and promote bacterial biofilm formation, which brings a series of long-standing and significant problems in oral health. However, the current development of antibacterial research in dental devices is limited by the lack of materials endowed with good...

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Published inACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 9; no. 21; pp. 17688 - 17692
Main Authors Peng, Liying, Chang, Li, Liu, Xi, Lin, Jiuxiang, Liu, Hongliang, Han, Bing, Wang, Shutao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 31.05.2017
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Adhesion
Biofilms
Dental Materials
Polyethylene Glycols - chemistry
polyethylene glycol
antibacterial
bacterial
antiadhesion
dental materials
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Summary:Dental materials often cause bacterial adhesion and promote bacterial biofilm formation, which brings a series of long-standing and significant problems in oral health. However, the current development of antibacterial research in dental devices is limited by the lack of materials endowed with good antibacterial properties against oral bacteria. Here, we present a new strategy for reducing the initial adhesion of bacterial on dental biomaterials by chemically bonding long-chain polyethylene glycol. Our work represents an important step toward solving the problem of bacterial accumulation on dental devices.
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ISSN:1944-8244
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DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b05284