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(A)
Biofilm
Adhesive
Composite
(B)
Biofilm
Primer
Adhesive
Composite
0.25
a
(C)
0.20
b
0.15
b
c
0.10
d
0.05
e
0
FIGURE 6.9
Biofilm experiments. (A) Schematic of biofilm on adhesive covering composite, (B) biofilm on primer covering
adhesive and composite, and (C) MTT metabolic activity. Microcosm biofilms were grown for 2 days. In (C),
five adhesives were tested following (A): control (unmodified SBMP adhesive), A
1
10QADM (“A” refers to
SBMP adhesive), A
0.05NAg, A
0.1NAg, A
10QADM
0.05NAg. The sixth group in (C) was tested
1
1
1
1
following (B) with a primer layer: A&P
1
10QADM
1
0.05NAg (A
5
SBMP adhesive, P
5
SBMP primer). Each
value is mean
sd (
n
5
6). Values with dissimilar letters are significantly different from each other (
0.05).
Adapted from
[55]
with permission.
P
,
6
