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  • Title: Adherence of Streptococcus mutans to an E-glass fiber-reinforced composite and conventional restorative materials used in prosthetic dentistry.
    Author: Tanner J, Vallittu PK, Söderling E.
    Journal: J Biomed Mater Res; 2000 Feb; 49(2):250-6. PubMed ID: 10571913.
    Abstract:
    The adherence of Streptococcus mutans to E-glass used in fiber-reinforced composites, denture base polymer, and four other restoratives was investigated. The materials were studied with and without a parotid saliva and serum pellicle. Specimens of the studied materials (E-glass, denture base polymer, titanium, cobalt-chromium alloy, gold alloy, and grained feldspar ceramic) were incubated in a suspension of S. mutans, allowing initial adhesion to occur. The degree of bacterial adhesion was studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The studied uncoated materials showed rather similar adhesion of S. mutans. Saliva coating resulted in a decrease of adherence to all materials except glass. With a saliva pellicle E-glass showed the strongest ability to bind S. mutans, and it differed significantly from the other studied materials. Serum coating markedly decreased adhesion to all materials, and only minor differences among the studied materials were observed. The results of this study suggest that the studied restoratives are rather similar with respect to S. mutans adhesion and that a saliva pellicle may promote adhesion of S. mutans to glass fibers.
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