Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Fluoride release for restorative materials and its effect on biofilm formation in natural saliva

  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of natural saliva of varying pH on surface biofilm formation of restorative materials and how this influenced fluoride release. Columnar specimens of glass ionomer cement (GIC), resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC), compomer, giomer and composite, were prepared, matured for 24 h at 37 °C and 100% humidity, lapped and then placed in natural stimulated saliva with a pH of 3.8 or 7.1. Fluoride release was determined daily using an ion-selective electrode. The surfaces of selected specimens were observed using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy in conjunction with a fluorescent dye. The surface biofilm formation and bacterial growth was most dominant under neutral conditions and on the surfaces of GICs compared with other materials. GICs released significantly higher amounts of fluoride than other materials. The results suggest that the increased fluoride release of GICs did not reduce the amount of bacterial growth and biofilm formation on the surfaces of these materials when stored in natural saliva.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. J. M. TEN CATE, Acta. Odontol. Scand. 57 (1999) 325

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. L. FORSTEN, Biomaterials. 19 (1998) 503

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. J. D. FEATHERSTONE, Dent. Mat. 12 (1996) 194

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. D. STEINBERG, in “Handbook of bacterial adhesion: principles, methods, and applications” (New Jersey: Humano Press, 2000) p. 353

  5. P. HOTZ, J. W. MCLEAN and A. D. WILSON, Br. Dent. J. 142 (1977) 41

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. A. W. G. WALLS, J. Dent. 14 (1986) 231

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. R. S. MATHIS and J. L. FERACANE, Dent. Mat. 5 (1989) 355

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. J. W. MCLEAN, J. W. NICHOLSON and A. D. WILSON, Quint. Inter. 25 (1994) 587

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. K. KAWAI and T. TATAOKA, J. Dent. 29 (2001) 119

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. T. M. AUSCHILL, N. B. ARWEILER, M. BRECX, E. REICH, A. SCULEAN and L. NETUSCHI, Eur. J. Oral. Sci. 110 (2002) 48

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. C. Van LOVEREN, J. Dent. Res. 69 (1990) 676

    Google Scholar 

  12. S. A. FISCHMAN and N. TINANOFF, Pediatr. Dent. 16 (1994) 368

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. C. J. PALENIK, M. J. BEHNEN, J. C. SECTOS and C. H. MILLER, Dent. Mater. 8 (1992) 16

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. A. U. YAP, E. KHOR and S. H. FOO, Oper. Dent. 24 (1999) 297

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Y. IWAMI, H. YAMAMOTO, W. SATO, K. KAWAI, M. TORII and S. EBISU Oper. Dent. 23 (1998) 132

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. H. FORSS and L. SEPPA, Scand. J. Dent. Res. 98 (1990) 173

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. A. YOUNG, F. R. Von Der FEHR, T. SONJU and H. Nordbo, Acta. Odontol. Scand. 54 (1996) 223

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. L. FORSTEN, J. Dent. Res. 98 (1990) 179

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. T. ITOTA, T. CARRICK, S. RUSBY, O. T. AL-NAIMI, M. YOSHIYAMA and J. F. MCCABE, J. Dent. 32 (2004) 117

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. L. FORSTEN, in “Fluoride Release of Glass Ionomers, The Next Generation. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Glass Ionomers, (1st edition, Philadelphia, PA 1994) p. 241

  21. D. SALES, D. SAE-LEE, S. MATSUYA and I. DEWIANA, Biomaterials. 24 (2003) 1687

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. F. R. TAY, E. L. PASHLEY, C. HUANG, M. HASHIMOTO, H. SANO, R. J. SMALES and D. H. PASHLEY, J. Dent. Res. 80 (2001) 1808

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Y. MOMOI and J. F. MCCABE, Dent. Mat. 9 (1993) 151

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. A. M. DIAZ-ARNOLD, D. C. HOLMES, D. W. WISTROM and E. J. SWIFT, J. R. Dent. Mat. 11 (1995) 96

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. M. A. CATTANI-LORENTE, V. DUPUIS, J. PAYAN, F. MOYA and J. M. MEYER, Dent. Mat. 15 (1999) 71

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. J. F. MCCABE and S. RUSBY, Biomaterials. 25 (2004) 4001

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. K. FRIEDL, G. SCHMALZ, K. HILLER and M. SHAMS, Eur. J. Oral. Sci. 105 (1997) 81

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. J. F. MCCABE, Biomaterials. 19 (1998) 521

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. B. BEHREND and W. GEURTSEN, J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 58 (2001) 631

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. A. U. YAP, S. Y. THAM, L. Y. ZHU and H. K. LEE, Oper. Dent. 27 (2002) 259

    Google Scholar 

  31. I. R. HAMILTON and G.H. BOWDEN, in “Effect of fluoride on oral microorganisms” (Silverstone LM, Copenhagen, 1988) p. 77

  32. Y. SHAHAL, D. STEINBERG, Z. HIRSCHFELD, M. BRONSHTEYN and K. KOPOLOVIC J. Oral. Rehab. 25 (1998) 52

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. H. FORSS and L. SEPPA, Adv. Dent. Res. 9 (1995) 389

    Google Scholar 

  34. G. OILO, Adv. Dent. Res. 6 (1992) 50

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgement

The authors would like to acknowledge Dr Trevor A Booth from the Biomedical Electron Microscopy Unit / Newcastle University, for his unfailing assistance and the sincere guidance resulting in the images of the highest quality inserted in this paper.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Dental Materials Science Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4BW, UK

    Omar T. Al-Naimi, Toshiyuki Itota, Ross S. Hobson & John F. McCabe

  2. Department of Operative Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan

    Toshiyuki Itota

Authors
  1. Omar T. Al-Naimi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Toshiyuki Itota
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Ross S. Hobson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. John F. McCabe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Omar T. Al-Naimi.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Al-Naimi, O.T., Itota, T., Hobson, R.S. et al. Fluoride release for restorative materials and its effect on biofilm formation in natural saliva. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 19, 1243–1248 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-006-0023-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-006-0023-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation