@inproceedings{a8d1c29d4f95434a83c6481bffbb1c70,
title = "Bioceramic materials show reduced pathological biofilm formation",
abstract = "The aim of the present work was to assess the surface ability of three bioceramic materials (A: alumina BIOLOX{\textregistered} forte; B: Si3N4; C: alumina matrix composite BIOLOX{\textregistered} delta) to inhibit bacterial biofilm formation. For this purpose, ceramic disks at standardized roughness (Ra = 0,25 μm) were used as test materials while commercial polystyrene was considered as control. Two biofilm-producing bacterial strains (S. epidermidis ATCC14990, Escherichia coli ATCC25922) were used for experiments. The viable biomass was assessed by the metabolic MTT assay after 24h incubation. Morphological data regarding biofilms structure were obtained by scanning electron microscopy. In general, results revealed that all bioceramics materials were significantly less colonized compared to polystyrene. The degree of biofilm formation onto bioceramics ranged between about 30 to 60% less than the polystyrene control. Moreover, some differences were noticed by comparing the three bioceramics inhibition ratio: bioceramic A showed significanlty less S. epidermidis biofilm formation (p",
keywords = "Alumina, Bacteria, Biofilm, Ceramic, Matrix composite, Silica nitride",
author = "Corrado Piconi and Ionescu, {Andrei C.} and Andrea Cochis and Erica Iasi and Eugenio Brambilla and Lia Rimondini",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net.KEM.631.448",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783038352822",
volume = "631",
series = "Key Engineering Materials",
publisher = "Trans Tech Publications Ltd",
pages = "448--453",
booktitle = "Bioceramics 26",
note = "26th Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, ISCM 2014 ; Conference date: 06-11-2014 Through 08-11-2014",
}