Polymeric materials with antimicrobial activity

A Muñoz-Bonilla, M Fernández-García - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This article describes the state of the art in the field of antimicrobial polymeric systems during
the last decade. Keeping in mind the multitude of existing systems, a classification of the …

Supercritical carbon dioxide: putting the fizz into biomaterials

JJA Barry, MMCG Silva, VK Popov… - … of the Royal …, 2006 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper describes recent progress made in the use of high pressure or supercritical fluids
to process polymers into three-dimensional tissue engineering scaffolds. Three current …

Antibacterial and physical properties of calcium–phosphate and calcium–fluoride nanocomposites with chlorhexidine

L Cheng, MD Weir, HHK Xu, AM Kraigsley, NJ Lin… - Dental materials, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have developed calcium phosphate and fluoride releasing
composites. Other studies have incorporated chlorhexidine (CHX) particles into dental …

Nanocarriers with conjugated antimicrobials to eradicate pathogenic biofilms evaluated in murine in vivo and human ex vivo infection models

Y Liu, Y Ren, Y Li, L Su, Y Zhang, F Huang, J Liu, J Liu… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Conventional antimicrobials are becoming increasingly ineffective for treating bacterial
infection due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. In addition, the …

Chlorhexidine-releasing methacrylate dental composite materials

D Leung, DA Spratt, J Pratten, K Gulabivala… - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
Light curable antibacterial, dental composite restoration materials, consisting of 80wt% of a
strontium fluoroaluminosilicate glass dispersed in methacrylate monomers have been …

Antibacterial dental adhesive resins containing nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles

FLE Florez, RD Hiers, P Larson, M Johnson… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of dental adhesive resins with long-lasting antibacterial properties is a
possible solution to overcome the problem of secondary caries in modern adhesive …

Resins-based denture soft lining materials modified by chlorhexidine salt incorporation: an in vitro analysis of antifungal activity, drug release and hardness

MM Bertolini, MB Portela, JAR Curvelo, RMA Soares… - Dental Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the in vitro growth inhibition of Candida albicans, the rate of
chlorhexidine release and shore A hardness from resins-based denture soft lining materials …

Controlled release of chlorhexidine from UDMA-TEGDMA resin

KJ Anusavice, NZ Zhang… - Journal of dental …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Chlorhexidine salts are available in various formulations for dental applications. This study
tested the hypothesis that the release of chlorhexidine from a urethane dimethacrylate and …

In vivo study of antifungal effects of low-molecular-weight chitosan against Candida albicans

Z Atai, M Atai, J Amini - Journal of oral science, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Whitney U test, revealing that the chitosan solution significantly decreased the erythematous
surface area, burning sensation, time required for clinical improvement, and number of …

A new form of intraoral delivery of antifungal drugs for the treatment of denture-induced oral candidosis

WM Amin, MH Al-Ali, NA Salim… - European journal of …, 2009 - thieme-connect.com
Objectives: To monitor the release of the antifungal drugs Fluconazole, Chlorhexidine and a
combination of the two from an auto-polymerized poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) denture …