Figure 1.
Although a few polishing micro-traces and marks were observed, all specimens had a generally featureless and smooth surface. Oxinium (a), Co-Cr-Mo (b), Ti-6Al-4V (c), cp-Ti (d), stainless steel (e) Original magnification ×3000 (Scale bar = 1 µm)
Table 1.
Surface roughness.
Table 2.
Contact angles and Surface free energies.
Figure 2.
Biofilm incubated for 6 hours were stained with 0.5% crystal violet (black area). Oxinium (a), Co-Cr-Mo (b), Ti-6Al-4V (c), cp-Ti (d), stainless steel (e) Original magnification ×450 (Scale bar = 100 µm)
Figure 3.
Oxinium (a), Co-Cr-Mo (b), Ti-6Al-4V (c), cp-Ti (d), stainless steel (e) Original magnification ×1000 (Scale bar = 10 µm)
Figure 4.
Mean and standard deviation are shown. *p<0.05, **p<0.01
Figure 5.
Absorbance value of crystal violet (CV) assay after 6 hours incubation.
Mean and standard deviation are shown.
Figure 6.
Colony forming units as determined by viable cell count (VCC) after 6 hours incubation.
Mean and standard deviation are shown.