Antimicrobial Silver-Polyethyleneimine-Polylactic Acid Polymer Composite Film for Coating Methacrylate-Based Denture Surfaces

Table 1

Computer-assisted morphometry of apoptosis induced by polyethyleneimine-polylactic acid (PEI-PLA) and silver-polyethyleneimine-polylactic acid (Ag-PEI-PLA) extracts. D1: day 1; D5: day 5; and D10: day 10 extractions. Serial dilutions of 1/10, range: 1000x–10x. Control (Cont) in HGEP cells.

	Number of apoptotic cells [±SD]		Apoptosis	Number of apoptotic cells [±SD]		Apoptosis
	PEI-PLA			Ag-PEI-PLA
Control	1 ± 0.32			1 ± 0.54
D1—10x	103 ± 3.21	0.001	+++	20 ± 2.33	0.01	+
D1—100x	37 ± 2.14	0.01	+	1 ± 0.24
D1—1000x	3 ± 0.44			1 ± 0.31
D5—10x	86 ± 3.03	0.001	++	24 ± 3.67	0.01	+
D5—100x	48 ± 3.61	0.01	+	2 ± 0.78
D5—1000x	3 ± 0.38			1 ± 0.12
D10—10x	70 ± 4.70	0.01	++	45 ± 4.11	0.01	+
D10—100x	35 ± 3.63	0.01	+	4 ± 0.41
D10—1000x	2 ± 0.15			1 ± 0.09