Gerard Àlvarez

TL;DR: Standardised the conditions for using qPCR-PMA in 5 oral bacterial species and proved its usefulness for quantification of live and dead cells in multi-species oral biofilms formed in vitro, after use of an antiseptic.

TL;DR: To quantify the biofilm adhesion and bacterial cell viability over titanium disc with or without antibacterial surface treatment, five bacterial strains were used to develop a multispecies oral biofilm and silver deposition on titanium surface seemed not to confer these antibacterial properties.

TL;DR: The first time that the presence and expression of the tet(B) gene has been confirmed in Gram-positive bacteria, which highlights the potential of the genus Streptococcus to become a reservoir and a disseminator of antibiotic resistance genes in an environment so prone to horizontal gene transfer as is the oral biofilm.

TL;DR: Significantly higher richness of the microbiota was demonstrated in the smoker group when implants affected by peri-implantitis were compared to either healthy implants or implants presenting mucositis, and a decrease of BOP sensitivity in detecting visible gingival inflammation was observed in smokers.

TL;DR: In this article, a comparison between co-precipitation method and polyol mediated synthesis for obtaining sub-micrometric powders of Eu0.05Ca0.95MnO3 manganite is presented.