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Fluoride Release from Restorative Materials and Its Effects on Dentin Demineralization

Department of Dental Materials, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

T.G. Deaton

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

R.R. Arnold

Department of Diagnostic Sciences, University of North Carolina

E.J. Swift, Jr

Department of Operative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, CB7450, 302 Brauer Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7450

J. Perdigao

Department of Dental Materials, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

J.W. Bawden

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

As the use of adhesive restorative materials has increased during the last several years, interest in adhesive materials that release fluoride has also grown. The purpose of this study was to measure fluoride release from several adhesive restorative materials and to evaluate its effect on dentin resistance to demineralization and on bacterial metabolism in a modified in vitro system. Standardized cavities (1.8 mm in diameter) were prepared in bovine teeth that had been ground to dentin. One cavity in each tooth was restored with one of the following restorative systems: (a) Single Bond and Z100; (b) Single Bond and Tetric Ceram; (c) Fuji Bond LC and Z100; (d) Fuji Bond LC and Tetric Ceram; (e) Fuji II LC; or (f) Fuji IX GP. The other cavity in each tooth was "restored" with wax as a control. For each restorative system, 12 specimens were evaluated for fluoride release during the first 24 hrs after restoration placement. Dentin adjacent to the restored sites was subjected to lactic acid challenge (pH 4.3) for 3 hrs, after which calcium release was measured. Another 12 specimens in each group were stored for 24 hrs in de-ionized water, and were exposed to an S. mutans suspension (1:1 THB/de-ionized water and 50 mM glucose, A₆₆₀ = 0.2) for 6 hrs, followed by calcium release and pH measurement. Bulk specimens of each material were also made and stored in water. Fluoride released from Fuji Bond LC, Fuji IX GP, and Fuji II LC in bulk was significantly greater than from the other materials. In the restored dentin specimens, increased resistance to demineralization from a lactic acid challenge was directly related to fluoride release. The same effects were seen as a result of the S. mutans challenge. While fluoride release from restorative materials increased the resistance of dentin to demineralization in this system, the clinical relevance of the findings is not known.

Key Words: dentin bonding agents • resin composites • glass-ionomer cements • fluorides • dentin demineralization

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 78, No. 10, 1647-1654 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345990780101001


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