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SUBMITTER: Sani ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6818244 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sani Ehsan Shirzaei ES Lara Roberto Portillo RP Aldawood Zahra Z Bassir Seyed Hossein SH Nguyen Daniel D Kantarci Alpdogan A Intini Giuseppe G Annabi Nasim N
Matter 20190911 4
Dental implants constitute the standard of care to replace the missing teeth, which has led to an increase in the number of patients affected by peri-implant diseases (PIDs). Here, we report the development of an antimicrobial bioadhesive, GelAMP, for the treatment of PIDs. The hydrogel is based on a visible light-activated naturally-derived polymer (gelatin) and an antimicrobial peptide (AMP). The optimized formulation of GelAMP could be rapidly crosslinked using commercial dental curing system ...[more]