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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 235-238Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0022034508330315
Keywords
bioactive glass; nanotechnology; Enterococci; root canal
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, and Cariology, University of Zurich
- Gebert Ruf Foundation [GRS-048/04]
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An ideal preparation of 45S5 bioactive glass suspensions/slurries for root canal disinfection should combine high pH induction with capacity for continuing release of alkaline species. The hypothesis of this study was that more material per volume of bioactive glass slurry is obtained with a micrometric material (< 5 mu m particle size) or a micrometric/nanometric hybrid, rather than a solely nanometric counterpart. This should correlate with alkaline capacity and antimicrobial effectiveness. Slurries at the plastic limit were prepared with test and reference materials in physiological saline. Total mass and specific surface area of glass material per volume were determined. Continuous titration with hydrochloric acid was performed, and antimicrobial effectiveness was tested in extracted human premolars mono-infected with E. faecalis ATTC 29212 (N = 12 per material). While the nanometric slurry had a 12-fold higher specific surface area than the micrometric counterpart, the latter had a considerably higher alkaline capacity and disinfected significantly better (Fisher's exact test, P < 0.05). The hybrid slurry behaved similarly to the micrometric preparation.
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