Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Long-lasting renewable antibacterial porous polymeric coatings enable titanium biomaterials to prevent and treat peri-implant infection

  • Shuyi Wu,
  • Jianmeng Xu,
  • Leiyan Zou,
  • Shulu Luo,
  • Run Yao,
  • Bingna Zheng,
  • Guobin Liang,
  • Dingcai Wu,
  • Yan Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23069-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Infection is a major problem for dental implants with current antibacterial coatings losing efficacy quickly. Here, the authors report on the N-halamine polymeric coating of titanium implants to create a long-lasting renewable antibacterial layer and demonstrate application in vivo.