It has been known for a long time that silver compounds are very effective antibacterial agents against both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. The use of silver in nanoparticle form (as compared to its ionic form) seems to have reduced cellular toxicity but not antibacterial efficacy (8). Indeed, in one of the journal’s most cited articles, Kim et al demonstrated clearly that the superior antibacterial properties of Ag NPs, are due to the formation of free radicals from the surface of Ag (8). The antibacterial spectrum even extended to antibiotic resistant organisms (9,10). Furthermore, the addition of antibiotics to Ag NPs has been shown to have synergistic effects against micro-organisms (4-7). Strydom et al also demonstrated that modification of silver sulphadiazine using dendrimers increased the anti-bacterial efficacy