Research Article

Influence of Physical Dimension and Morphological-Dependent Antibacterial Characteristics of ZnO Nanoparticles Coated on Orthodontic NiTi Wires

Table 1

The results of antibacterial properties of ZnO nanoparticles on the S. mutans bacterial culture ( (%) reduction in viability).

GroupControl (%)

CVD4.5 (2.12)98.61 (0.65)
Sol-gel22.5 (2.12)93.05 (0.65)
Electrospinning90.5 (4.95)72.07 (1.53)
Chemical12.5 (0.71)96.14 (0.22)
Polymer32.5 (2.12)89.97 (0.65)

The results stand for mean (SD: standard deviation, ).