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(A)
(B)
FIGURE 11.5
SEM of hydroxyapatite (A) and fluoroapatite (B) nanopowders (
40,000)
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adhesives due to the addition of silver nanoparticles. However, the bacterial adhesion to ECA was
less than the conventional adhesives. Bacterial suspension containing ECAs showed slower bacte-
rial growth than those containing conventional adhesives. There was no significant difference
in shear bond strength and bond failure interface between ECA and conventional adhesives evalu-
ated in this study. It can be interpreted from the study that antibacterial nanoparticles can be
