The Effect of Irradiation with a 405 nm Blue-Violet Laser on the Bacterial Adhesion on the Osteosynthetic Biomaterials

Figure 4

The SEM images of the surface of Ti (a, c) and HA-PLLA (b, d) at 24 hours of incubation after vortex washing. The images show that some few bacteria remained on the surface of both materials even after thorough washing and were capable of growing with time.

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