Journal: Frontiers in Oral Health
Article Title: Physicochemical and antibacterial evaluation of novel nano α-TCP–AgNPs biocomposites for direct pulp-capping applications
doi: 10.3389/froh.2025.1710351
Figure Lengend Snippet: Antibacterial activity of nano α-TCP–AgNPs against (A) L. acidophilus and (B) S. mutans . Bars represent mean ± SD ( n = 3). A one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test was used to analyze differences between groups ( p < 0.05). Bars with different letters indicate statistically significant differences ( p < 0.05); bars with the same letter are not significantly different.
Article Snippet: The bacterial test suspension was prepared by inoculating a loopful of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 (Thermo Scientific, Massachusetts, USA) and Streptococcus mutans ATCC 25175 (Thermo Scientific, Massachusetts, USA) culture into Mueller-Hinton Broth (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) and incubating at 37 °C for 24 h. Following incubation, the turbidity of the Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 Streptococcus mutans ATCC 25175 suspension was adjusted to match a 0.5 McFarland standard.
Techniques: Activity Assay