Estudo in vitro da resistência à desmineralização e da retenção de flúor em esmalte dental irradiado com laser de Er, Cr: YSGG / IN VITRO STUDY OF DEMINERALIZATION RESISTANCE AND FLUORIDE RETENTION IN DENTAL ENAMEL IRRADIATED WITH Er,Cr: YSGG LASER

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

This study aimed to stablish irradiation conditions of Er,Cr:YSGG laser (wavelength of 2.79 µm) which could propitiate changes on human dental enamel and increase its resistance to demineralization, when associated or not with topical application of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF). Fluences of 2,8 J/cm², 5,6 J/cm² e 8,5 J/cm² were selected; they were associated or not with previous application of a photoabsorber (coal paste) and then APF was applied or not after laser irradiation. In a first step, the morphological findings, the surface temperatures, and the pulpal temperatures were evaluated during laser irradiation. After that, the treated samples were submitted to a a ten-day pH-cycling model. After producing the incipient white-spots lesions, the following aspects were evaluated: the mineral loss, the loosely bound fluoride and the firmly bound fluoride. All the demineralizing and remineralizing pH-cycling solutions were evaluated with respect to their calcium (Ca), inorganic phosphorous (Pi) and fluoride (F-) concentrations. The data had their normality and homogeneity distribution statistically evaluated, and it was chosen an appropriated statistical test for each performed analysis according to the obtained results, considering 5% significant level. The fluences selected for this study created ablated surfaces; the fluences of 5.6 J/cm² and 8.5 J/cm² promoted increments in surface temperature above 110º C. The intrapulpal temperature changes revealed that laser irradiation did not increase the pulpal temperatures above the critical threshold for induction of pulpitis. The coal paste did not promote any changes on surface morphology or in the intrapulpal temperature changes; however, this paste increased the surface temperatures during laser irradiation. Only laser irradiation at 8.5 J/cm² was able to decrease the mineral loss when compared to the no-treatment group; although the association of coal paste + laser at 2.8 J/cm² + APF application presented the lesser mineral loss of all treatment groups of this study, this value was not statistically different than those revealed in the FFA group (positive control). The analysis of loosely bound fluoride revealed that laser irradiation was able to retain the calcium fluoride formed after APF application due to the ablation process, while the analysis of firmly bound fluoride showed no differences in fluorapatite quantities formed after laser irradiation when compared to the non-irradiated samples. The evaluation of demineralizing and remineralizing pH-cycling solutions evidenced no significant differences in calcium or inorganic phosphorous concentrations between lased or unlased samples; however, the fluoride determination exposed important differences on fluoride contents, which suggested that laser irradiation could induce a higher calcium fluoride formation. According to the results of this study, it was possible to conclude that the laser irradiation can propitiate, on enamel, higher loosely bound fluoride retention formed by topical application of fluoride; however, the association of treatments did not increased the effect obtained by APF application alone on enamel demineralization.

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flúor temperatura prevenção da cárie temperature laser caries prevention laser fluoride

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