Biofilms



Meeting Abstracts

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 2004


Principles 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