Table 2.

Logarithm of bacterial count in liquid media after 3, 15, and 30 days

Bacterial type	Incubation time (day)	Percentage of Ag/HA nanoparticles
		0 %	1 %	5 %	10 %
Streptococcus mutans log	0	8.371 ± 0.027
	3		8.281 ± 0.202	8.184 ± 0.036	7.885 ± 0.073
	15		8.312 ± 0.010	8.241 ± 0.027	8.041 ± 0.033
	30		8.334 ± 0.029	8.268 ± 0.014	8.150 ± 0.020
Streptococcus sanguinis log	0	8.346 ± 0.049
	3		8.233 ± 0.031	8.115 ± 0.014	7.777 ± 0.073
	15		8.254 ± 0.038	8.209 ± 0.020	8.096 ± 0.029
	30		8.300 ± 0.014	8.278 ± 0.020	8.187 ± 0.031
Lactobacillus acidophilus log	0	8.295 ± 0.035
	3		8.248 ± 0.036	8.160 ± 0.032	7.996 ± 0.008
	15		8.271 ± 0.027	8.228 ± 0.009	8.112 ± 0.053
	30		8.285 ± 0.017	8.270 ± 0.011	8.228 ± 0.021