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Journal
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Titanium miniplates are biocompatible materials used in modern oral and maxillofacial surgery to treat facial bone fractures. However, plate removal is often required due to implant complications. Among them, a biofilm formation on an infected miniplate is associated with severe inflammation, which frequently results in implant failure. In light of this, new strategies to control or treat oral bacterial biofilm are of high interest. Herein, the authors exploit the ability of nanorobots against multispecies bacterial biofilm grown onto facial commercial titanium miniplate implants to simulate pathogenic conditions of the oral microenvironment. The strategy is based on the use of light‐driven self‐propelled tubular black‐TiO2/Ag nanorobots, that unlike traditional ones, exhibit an extended absorption and motion actuation from UV to the visible‐light range. The motion analysis is performed separately over UV, blue, and green light …
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Publication date: 
1 Jun 2022
Authors: 

Martina Ussia, Mario Urso, Stepan Kment, Tatiana Fialova, Karel Klima, Kristyna Dolezelikova, Martin Pumera

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Volume: 18 Issue: 22 Pages: 2200708
Origin: 
Small