Decontamination of rough titanium surfaces with diode lasers: microbiological findings on <i>in vivo</i> grown biofilms

Abstract

The results are of clinical relevance. In comparison with the mean bacterial counts of the untreated samples, all irradiation programs studied in this investigation reduced mean bacterial colonization in a biofilm on intraoral rough titanium surfaces by more than 98%. The actual extent of reduction was dependent on the bacteria species as well as on the irradiation mode.