Research Article

A Novel Developed Bioactive Composite Resin Containing Silver/Zinc Oxide (Ag/ZnO) Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Material against Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus, and Candida albicans

Table 2

Antimicrobial effects of the test nanoparticles.

Test groups containing Ag and ZnO (wt %)Bacteria group (colony-forming unit)
S. mutans ATCC 35668S. aureus ATCC 25923E. coli ATCC 25922C. albicans ATCC 10231Lactobacillus gasseri

0015000
00500500000
000100000
000200000
007500000
0032>100000
Control (−)00000
Control (+)>10000>10000>10000>10000>10000