Figure 4.
(A) In vitro inhibition of S. mutans biofilm formation on HA discs. (B) In vitro treatment of preformed S. mutans biofilm on HA discs. TBMP123, tooth-binding P123 micelle containing 20% of ALN-F127; NBMP123, non-binding P123 micelle containing 20% of F127 instead of ALN-F127; EBMP123, empty (does not contain triclosan) tooth-binding micelle P123 containing 20% of ALN-F127; UTB, untreated blank control. Data are expressed as mean CFU/biofilm ±SD, n=3. The asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between groups (indicated by connecting lines above the bars on the graphs).