Journal
JOURNAL OF MICROENCAPSULATION
Volume 21, Issue 8, Pages 889-903Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02652040400015445
Keywords
sodium fluoride; gelatin microspheres; dental caries; dental plaque; sustained-release; demineralization
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Sodium fluoride-loaded gelatin microspheres (NaF-GMS) were prepared using double-phase emulsified condensation polymerization. The average diameter of microspheres was (11.33 +/- 5.56) mum. The drug content and encapsulation efficiency were 8.80% and 76.73%, respectively. The fluoride releasing profiles of NaF-GMS in physiological saline and artificial saliva (pH 4.5, pH 6.8) showed that NaF-GMS had a sustained-release property and fluoride release rate was increased in pH 4.5 artificial saliva. Experiments conducted in rabbits' oral cavity using NaF-GMS and NaF solution as control revealed NaF-GMS could maintain oral fluoride retention longer than NaF solution. Cariostatic abilities of NaF-GMS including demineralization prohibition in vitro. fluoride deposition in artificial dental plaque and the ability of targeting to cariogenic bacteria were investigated in artificial dental plaque. The results indicated NaF-GMS with lower fluoride concentrations could achieve equivalent cariostatic effect to the concentrated NaF solution, at the same time. Could prolong fluoride retention in dental plaque. Microscopic observation showed that NaF-GMS carrying fusion protein of glucan-binding domain could adhere, more bacteria than NaF-GMS and this might indicate the possibility of targeting to cariogenic bacteria when NaF-GMS were properly modified.
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