Abstracts of a joint meeting of the Association of Clinical Oral Microbiologists and the Biofilm Club held at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London on 2 March 2004Principles of antimicrobial biomaterials: why they do not (usually) work Characterization of bacterial adhesion onto surfaces of stainless steel by micromanipulation Yersinia spp./C. elegans infection model: biofilms on a biotic surface Periodontal pathogens in dental unit waterlines Biofilms as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance Systemic antimicrobials and periodontitis – a classic biofilm disease Prion disease in the dental setting Reviewing the role of biofilms in infection control Infection control in dental technology laboratories Review of the treatment aspects of dental unit water systems |