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International Journal of Implant Dentistry
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From: Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation on different bone substitutes used in maxillary sinus augmentation: an in vitro analysis

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Quantitative analysis of the biofilm formed by A. fumigatus on five different bone substitutes. Xenograft: anorganic bovine bone; ß-TCP: ß-tricalcium phosphate; NHA: synthetic nano-hydroxyapatite; Allograft: demineralized bone matrix; HA: synthetic hydroxyapatite. Biomass evaluation was assessed in a 20-h-old biofilm produced by conidia tightly bound to the bone substitutes after 4 and 8 h adhesion times. For each sample, twelve confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) image stacks were acquired at random positions and the biomass was quantified by COMSTAT analysis. Results are expressed as the mean values among 12 CLSM image stacks ± SD, represented by the error bars. For each adhesion time, comparison between materials was made with the Kruskal–Wallis test for non-normally distributed data: p values are reported above

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