An In Vitro Pilot Study on the Effects of Silver Diamine Fluoride on Periodontal Pathogens and Three-Dimensional Scaffolds of Human Fibroblasts and Epithelial Cells

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Effect of SDF on 2D cultures of human gingival fibroblasts (HGF). (a) SDF front showing HGF-1 cells with zone of affected cells (white asterisk) upon application of 1 μL of 0.394% SDF and peripheral untreated cells (black asterisk). (b) Sparsely infiltrated region of dead cells in peripheral untreated region. Time lapsed indicated in lower right corner. (c) Dense areas of dead cells (appearing as blue, round cells) of treated region. (Scale bar = 100 μm.).

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