The antibacterial efficacy of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) is not modulated by potassium iodide (KI) supplements: A study on in-situ plaque biofilms using viability real-time PCR with propidium monoazide

• Nizam Abdullah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Farah Al Marzooq,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

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• Suharni Mohamad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: suharni@usm.my

  Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-718X

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• Normastura Abd Rahman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Koippallil Gopalakrishnan Aghila Rani,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Hien Chi Ngo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, UWA Dental School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia

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• Lakshman Perera Samaranayake

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (SAR)

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9122-336X

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