O'Brien WJ. Fan PL. Loesche WJ. Walker MC 4th. Apostolids A. Adsorption of Streptococcus mutans on chemically treated hydroxyapatite. Journal of Dental Research. 57(9-10):910-4, 1978 Sep-Oct.
Adsorption of Streptococcus mutans on hydroxyapatite and chemically treated hydroxyapatite was studied. Zeta potentials of the surfaces were measured. Chemically treated hydroxyapatite gave higher zeta potentials and lower S mutans adsorption