Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 732-736 , June 2008

Streptococcus mutans biofilm changes surface-topography of resin composites

  • Nurit Beyth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Ran Bahir

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Shlomo Matalon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Abraham J. Domb

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Affiliated with the Alex Gross Center for Drug Design and Synthesis and the David R. Bloom Center for Pharmaceutical Research at The Hebrew University, Lionel Jacobson Chair in Medicinal Chemistry.
    • ,
  • Ervin I. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, P.O. Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Tel.: +972 2 6776142; fax: +972 2 6429683.

Received 5 February 2007 ,Accepted 16 August 2007.

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PII: S0109-5641(07)00204-7

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.08.003

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 732-736 , June 2008

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