Long-term Antibacterial Properties and Bond Strength of Experimental Nano Silver-containing Orthodontic Cements

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摘要 Thepurposeofthisstudywastoevaluatethelongtimeantibacterialpropertiesandshearbondstrengthofexperimentalnanosilver-containingcements(NSC).Nanosilverbaseinorganicantibacterialpowderwasaddedtothereinforcedglassionomercementatfivedifferentweightratiostoobtainaseriesofnanosilver-containingcements,thentheantibacterialpropertiesofthreeorthodonticcementproductsandfiveNSCsampleswereevaluatedbythedirectcontacttest(DCT)andtheagardiffusiontest(ADT).TheDCT,whichwasbasedonturbidnessdeterminationofbacterialgrowthin96-wellmicrotiterplates,wasperformedinbothfreshandagedfor1day,1week,2weeks,3weeks,4weeks,6weeks,and8weekstestedmaterials.TheshearbondstrengthesofthreeorthodonticcementproductsandfiveNSCsampleswereexaminedusingauniversaltestingmachine.TheADTresultsindicatedthattherewerenosignificantdifferencesbetweenNSCsandORTHOLCfreshspecimens.IntheDCTexperiment,allfreshsilvernanoparticles-containingtestedsamplespresentedpowerfulantibacterialproperties,buttheygraduallylosttheeffectiveantimicrobialagentswiththeextensionofagingtime.Finally,noneofthetestedmaterialsmaintaineditsantibacterialpropertyafteragingfor8weeks.Agraduallydecreasingtrendofbondstrengthpresentedwiththeincreasingincorporationofnanosilverbaseinorganicantibacterialpowderintotheglassionomercement,eventhoughallthetestedmaterialspecimensreachedtheidealbondstrengthrange.WemayconcludethatNSCscancontributetodecreasethedemineralizationratearoundbracketswithoutcompromisingbondstrength.
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出版日期 2013年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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