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Figure 5

From: Proline-rich protein from S. mutans can perform a competitive mineralization function to enhance bacterial adhesion to teeth

Figure 5

Fluorescence microscope images of S. mutans adhesion on the treated surface of the tooth. (a) normal tooth, (b) demineralized tooth, (c) remineralized tooth, (d) Ag I/II-induced crystals, (e) AmH-induced crystals, (f) AmH + Ag I/II-induced crystals. The right chart is the value of relative fluorescence intensity in each group. The demineralized group has the coarsest surface, and AmH group ranked second in this regard. The value for relative fluorescence intensity in the AmH + Ag I/II group was close to that if the remineralization group and higher than that of the AmH group. A Student’s t-test showed that the differences between the normal tooth vs demineralization (P = 0.0414), normal tooth vs Ag I/II (P = 0.0053) Ag I/II vs remineralization (P = 0.0064) were statistically significant.

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