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Filler Leachability of Composites Stored in Distilled Water or Artificial Saliva

Department of Dental Biomaterials

R. Mukherjee

Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0446

J. Longmate

Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0446

Though dental composite materials leach filler elements when stored in distilled water, it is not known whether similar leaching occurs in saliva. The hypothesis to be tested was that due to ion exchange occurring at the filler surfaces, more filler elements leach from composites stored in a salt solution simulating saliva than from composites stored in distilled water. Another aim was to determine how matrix selection, filler composition, and filler silanization affect filler leachability of composites after storage in the simulated saliva and water media. We made 128 batches of experimental composites. Half of these used a bis-GMA/TEGDMA matrix and the other a UEDMA/TEGDMA matrix. Either silica or barium glass filler particles were incorporated into these matrices. Filler silanization was followed by a filler drying at 60°C for 24 h. Half of the silanized particles received an additional heat treatment for 1 h at 110°C in vacuum. One specimen per batch was stored in distilled water and the other in artificial saliva at 37°C. After each 30-day interval for one year, the specimens were transferred to either freshly distilled water or newly mixed artificial saliva. The "old" solutions were analyzed by ICP for determination of the Si, Ba, and Al concentrations. Analysis of variance revealed that storage solution, filler composition, and total time in the storage solution had strong effects on the leachability (p < 0.0001 in all cases). The average monthly leakage of Si for quartz-filled composites was 0.22 ± 0.20 µg/mL (distilled water) and 2.80 ± 1.20 µg/mL (artificial saliva). For barium-glass-filled composites, the corresponding Si leaching values were 0.73 ± 0.48 µg/mL and 5.00 ± 2.20 ug/mL. The monthly means of the barium leaching values were 2.00 ± 1.00 ug/mL (distilled water) and 3.10 ± 1.80 ug/mL (artificial saliva). The large difference between leaching in artificial saliva and in distilled water, as well as the interaction between storage medium and filler, cast doubt on the clinical relevance of in vitro studies using distilled water.

Key Words: hydrolytic degradation • silane treatment • ion exchange • wear

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 75, No. 9, 1692-1699 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345960750091201


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