Incorporating Antimicrobial Nanomaterial and its Effect on the Antimicrobial Activity, Flow and Radiopacity of Endodontic Sealers

This preliminary study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, flow and radiopacity of endodontic sealers with nanostructured silver vanadate decorated with silver nanoparticles (AgVO3). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AgVO3 was evaluated against . Specimens were prepared from th...

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Published in:European endodontic journal 2017, Vol.2 (1), p.1
Main Authors: Teixeira, Ana Beatriz Vilela, Vidal, Carla Larissa, de Castro, Denise Tornavoi, de Oliveira-Santos, Christiano, Schiavon, Marco Antônio, Dos Reis, Andréa Cândido
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Language:English
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Summary:This preliminary study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, flow and radiopacity of endodontic sealers with nanostructured silver vanadate decorated with silver nanoparticles (AgVO3). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AgVO3 was evaluated against . Specimens were prepared from the following endodontic sealers: AH Plus (DENTSPLY DeTrey GmbH, Konstanz, Germany), Sealapex (Sybron Endo, Orange, CA, USA), Sealer 26 (DENTSPLY, Petrópolis, Brazil) and Endofill (DENTSPLY, Petrópolis, Brazil), with concentrations of 0%, 2.5%, 5% and 10% of AgVO3. Agar diffusion was used to evaluate the materials after 48 hours and 7 days (n=6). Flow (n=6) and radiopacity (n=9) were evaluated. The data were analysed by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Tukey honestly significant difference (HSD) (α=0.05). The MIC of AgVO3 was 500 μg/mL for and 31.25 μg/mL for and . The AgVO3 did not influence the antimicrobial activity of AH Plus against (P>0.05) but did promote this activity for Sealapex (P
ISSN:2548-0839
2548-0839
DOI:10.5152/eej.2017.16029