Title
Anti-microbial and micro-leakage properties of orthodontic cement
Authors
Afreen Wahab*, Chanamallappa Ganiger, Renuka Pawar, Sandesh Phaphe & Yusuf Ronad
Affiliation
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, School of Dental Sciences, Krishan Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Karad, Satara, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author
Afreen Wahab - E - mail: afugujarat@gmail.com
Chanamallappa Ganiger - E - mail: channapparganiger@gmail.com
Renuka Pawar - E - mail: drrenukapawar@hotmail.com
Sandesh Phaphe - E - mail: sandeshphaphe2541@gmail.com
Yusuf Ronad - E - mail: dryusufr14@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received October 1, 2024; Revised October 31, 2024; Accepted October 31, 2024, Published October 31, 2024
Abstract
Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC) is used for cementing orthodontic bands because of its anti-cariogenic property, which is attributed to the release of fluoride. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the antimicrobial property and micro-leakage of GIC incorporated with different concentration of N-acetylcysteine (N-AC) and copper nanoparticle (Cu-NP). Our study composed of 5 groups i.e. group I is control with different concentration of N-AC and Cu-NP involving each group with 8 samples. We found that, group V showed the highest zone of inhibition; while the micro-leakage was seen highest for group I with a score of 2.2 ± 1.09 and the least score was recorded for Group III (0.8± 0.37). Thus, addition of 2% Cu-NP and 15% N-AC resulted in minimal micro-leakage. We conclude that increase in concentration of N-AC and Cu-NP antimicrobial property efficiency also increases; on the other hand, increase in the concentration of N-AC and Cu-NP did not decrease the micro-leakage.
Keywords
Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC), antimicrobial property, micro-leakage, N-acetylcysteine (N-AC), copper nanoparticle (Cu-NP).
Citation
Wahab et al. Bioinformation 20(10): 1368-1373 (2024)
Edited by
Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
