Adhesion of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Biofilm Formation on Different Types of Orthodontic Brackets
Figure 3
The mean log-transformed numbers of all the adhering bacteria for the 3 types of brackets, with and without saliva coating. For each column . All brackets had complete biofilms formed with all bacteria except for the noncoated brackets for which P. gingivalis was recovered in only 1 of every 3 types of brackets. (Brackets. SS: stainless steel, PL: plastic, and CE: ceramic brackets. Bacteria. Pg: P. gingivalis, Act: Actinomyces spp., Fuso: F. nucleatum, Str. Oral: S. oralis).
