Nanometrology of Oral Species and Biofilms

       _{PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS}

• [00:01:58] Introduction to the microbiology of oral species and consequences of oral disease
• [00:03:45] Optimizing samples and functionalizing probes for AFM investigation the mechanical properties of oral species/biofilms
• [00:06:41] The influence of indentation load and location on understanding cellular homogeneity
• [00:10:16] AFM-based investigation of the forces driving bacteria-substrate adhesion
• [00:14:27] Practical applications: Characterizing the nano-adhesion of oral bacteria cells
• [00:29:38] Combining optical coherence tomography and AFM to investigate the biophysics of dental plaque biofilms