Microbial biofilm: a review on formation, infection, antibiotic resistance, control measures, and innovative treatment

S Sharma, J Mohler, SD Mahajan, SA Schwartz… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biofilm is complex and consists of bacterial colonies that reside in an exopolysaccharide
matrix that attaches to foreign surfaces in a living organism. Biofilm frequently leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Smart dental materials for antimicrobial applications

C Montoya, L Roldan, M Yu, S Valliani, C Ta, M Yang… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart biomaterials can sense and react to physiological or external environmental stimuli
(eg, mechanical, chemical, electrical, or magnetic signals). The last decades have seen …

Copper doped carbon dots for addressing bacterial biofilm formation, wound infection, and tooth staining

M Liu, L Huang, X Xu, X Wei, X Yang, X Li, B Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oral infectious diseases and tooth staining, the main challenges of dental healthcare, are
inextricably linked to microbial colonization and the formation of pathogenic biofilms …

Associations between dental caries and systemic diseases: a scoping review

A Sabharwal, E Stellrecht, FA Scannapieco - BMC Oral Health, 2021 - Springer
Background The objective of this study was to evaluate and present evidence from animal
and human clinical studies on associations between dental caries and systemic diseases …

Health benefits of xylitol

A Gasmi Benahmed, A Gasmi, M Arshad… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Many diseases, including caries, chronic inflammatory diseases, diabetes, and obesity, are
associated with uncontrolled sugar consumption. Artificial sweeteners are commonly used in …

Dental caries and their microbiomes in children: what do we do now?

AA Ribeiro, BJ Paster - Journal of oral microbiology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The oral cavity is an unique ecosystem formed by different structures, tissues, and a complex
microbial community formed by hundreds of different species of bacteria, fungi, viruses …

[HTML][HTML] Precision targeting of bacterial pathogen via bi-functional nanozyme activated by biofilm microenvironment

Y Huang, Y Liu, S Shah, D Kim, A Simon-Soro, T Ito… - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Human dental caries is an intractable biofilm-associated disease caused by microbial
interactions and dietary sugars on the host's teeth. Commensal bacteria help control …

[HTML][HTML] Naringenin: A flavanone with anti-inflammatory and anti-infective properties

J Cai, H Wen, H Zhou, D Zhang, D Lan, S Liu… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although a growing body of research has recently shown how crucial inflammation and
infection are to all major diseases, several of the medications currently available on the …

Streptococcus Species Abundance in the Gut Is Linked to Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in 8973 Participants From the SCAPIS Cohort

S Sayols-Baixeras, KF Dekkers, G Baldanzi… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Gut microbiota have been implicated in atherosclerotic disease, but their
relation with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis is unclear. This study aimed to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using gum Arabic: Evaluation of its inhibitory action on Streptococcus mutans causing dental caries and endocarditis

MM Al-Ansari, ND Al-Dahmash… - Journal of Infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Streptococcus mutans are an oral pathogen that causes dental caries,
endocarditis, and systemic dysfunctions, an alternative antibacterial solution from silver …