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A Deeper Insight of a Multi-dimensional Continuum Biofilm Growth Model: Experimental Observation and Parameter Studies

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Streptococcus gordonii is one of the first colonizing bacteria on tooth or dental implant materials forming so-called biofilm. These biofilms cause severe inflammation that, as a consequence, lead to tooth or implant failure. A promising way to study the S. gordonii biofilm formation is by combining experimental investigations and numerical simulation. Our previous research has shown the potential to model the growth process of the S. gordonii biofilm in a mimic human oral environment by using a mathematical model developed by Alpkvist and Klapper (the A-K model). The parameters used for the simulation were calibrated by the experimental results. However, what are the crucial parameters that have a strong influence on the biofilm growth behavior and thus need to be determined accurately is an open question. In this paper, parameter studies on four independent parameters are carried out.

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Financial support of Dianlei Feng and Henryke Rath were provided by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony within the framework of the Doctoral Program MARIO (Multifunctional Active and Reactive Interfaces and Surfaces).

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  1. Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Environmental Physics in Civil Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrae 9a, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Dianlei Feng & Insa Neuweiler

  2. Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomedical Material Sciences, Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Henryke Rath, Nico Stumpp & Meike Stiesch

  3. Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrae 9a, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Udo Nackenhorst

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Feng, D., Rath, H., Neuweiler, I., Stumpp, N., Nackenhorst, U., Stiesch, M. (2018). A Deeper Insight of a Multi-dimensional Continuum Biofilm Growth Model: Experimental Observation and Parameter Studies. In: Wriggers, P., Lenarz, T. (eds) Biomedical Technology. Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol 84. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59548-1_14

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