The oral cavity is the habitat of several hundreds of microbial taxa that have evolved to
coexist in multispecies communities in this unique ecosystem. By contrast, the internal tissue …

Periodontal diseases like gingivitis and periodontitis are primarily caused by dental plaque.
Several antiplaque and anti-microbial agents have been successfully incorporated into …

With the alarming burden of antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) seem to be
novel antimicrobial alternatives for infection treatment due to their rapid broad-spectrum …

Oral diseases (eg, dental caries, periodontitis) are developed when the healthy oral
microbiome is imbalanced allowing the increase of pathobiont strains. Common practice to …

Mortality rate caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial infection is reported to be considerably
high in the world. This chapter introduces metal oxide nanoparticles (MO-NPs) as …

Mediators of the initiation, development, and recurrence of periodontitis include the oral
microbiome embedded in subgingival plaque and the host immune response to a dysbiosis …

The broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity of Elsholtzia ciliate essential oil (ECO) has been
previously reported, but its effectiveness against halitosis-causing bacteria such as …

Mixed-species biofilm is one of the most frequently recorded clinical problems. Mixed
biofilms develop as a result of interactions between microorganisms of a single or multiple …

Aim To investigate the anti‐biofilm efficacy of irrigation using a simulated root canal model,
the chemical effect of irrigants against biofilms grown on dentine discs and their impact on …

Background: Existing standardized biofilm assays focus on simple mono-species or
bacterial-only models. Incorporating Candida albicans into complex biofilm models can offer …