Figure 1.
Individualized splint of the lower arch.
A) Parts of the individualized splint: 1. internal vinyl sheet; 2. polished glass discs; 3. fenestrated external vinyl sheet. B) Clinical view of the individualized splint with the glass discs inserted (arrows).
Figure 2.
Mean percentages of bacterial viability in saliva and de novo PL-biofilm under basal conditions and at different times after a single mouthrinse of sterile water and 0.2% Chlorhexidine.
A) Intra-mouthrinse differences; B) Inter-mouthrinse differences; C) Inter-ecosystem differences.
Table 1.
Mean percentages of bacterial viability in PL-biofilm, as well as intra-mouthrinse and inter-mouthrinse comparisons.
Table 2.
Mean values of thickness (µm) in PL-biofilm, as well as the intra-treatment and inter-treatment comparisons.
Figure 3.
Images representing the changes in bacterial viability in the saliva.
A) Sample collected under basal conditions; B), C), D) Sample collected at 30 seconds, 5 and 7 hours respectively after a single mouthrinse of 0.2% Chlorhexidine.
Figure 4.
Images representing the changes in bacterial viability in de novo PL-biofilm.
A) Sample collected under basal conditions; B), C), D) Sample collected at 30 seconds, 3 and 7 hours respectively after a single mouthrinse of 0.2% Chlorhexidine.
Figure 5.
Visualization of channels (A, yellow star) and voids (B, white star) in a single cross sectional plane from X, Y and Z axis images obtained by the CLSM from a baseline sample.
The presence of both channels and voids shows a heterogeneous architecture model.