“…Ideally, these decontamination methods should not only remove effectively the attached biofilm and calculus, but also avoid any significant deleterious changes at the implant surface (Louropoulou, Slot, Slot, & Weijden, , ), since changes in the implant surface may affect the subsequent proliferation of soft and hard tissue cells, as well as the recolonization by bacterial biofilms (Cao, Wang, Wang, Pu, Tang, & Meng, ). It is well known that bone lining cells and bacteria have a preference for moderately rough surfaces (Jayaraman, Meyer, Meyer, Buhner, Joos, & Wiesmann, ; Sammons, Lumbikanonda, Lumbikanonda, Gross, & Cantzler, ; Teughels, Assche, Sliepen, & Quirynen, ), while on the contrary, fibroblasts and epithelial cells appear to attach better to smooth surfaces (Kononen, Hormia, Hormia, Kivilahti, Hautaniemi, & Thesleff, ; Mustafa, Silva Lopez, Silva Lopez, Hultenby, Wennerberg, & Arvidson, ).…”