Spectrophotometric Analysis of Streptococcus mutans Growth and Biofilm Formation in Saliva and Histatin-5 Relate to pH and Viscosity

• Main Authors: Dharli Syafriza (Author), Heriandi Sutadi (Author), Ameta Primasari (Author), Yahwardiah Siregar (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB), 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To analyze the ability of saliva in controlling the growth and the biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) as well as the effect of histatin-5 anti-biofilm relate to pH and saliva viscosity. Material and Methods: The S. mutans biofilm assayed by crystal violet 1% and its gro...