Antimicrobial efficacy of self-locomotive manganese oxide nanozyme-doped diatom microbubbler on orthodontic brackets in vitro

• Main Authors: Hyunsub Kim (Author), Eun-Hyuk Lee (Author), Sang-woo Lee (Author), Yu-Heng Deng (Author), Ho-Beom Kwon (Author), Young-Jun Lim (Author), Hyunjoon Kong (Author), Myung-Joo Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Orthodontic brackets provide a favorable environment for Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation, increasing the risk of white spots and dental caries. Manganese oxide (MnO2) nanozyme-doped diatom microbubbler (DM) is a recently developed material for biofilm removal. DM can gener...