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{"title":"Assessment of Tooth Shade Measurement Precision and Consistency with Digital Photography Calibration System.","authors":"Barbara Delija Omazić, Dino Buković, Maja Žagar, Martina Šlaj, Davor Illeš","doi":"10.15644/asc58/2/8","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/2/8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To ascertain the degree of precision and repeatability inherent in the \"capture to edit\" digital imaging system, namely the ColorChecker Passport Photo (X-Rite, MI, USA), and to juxtapose its performance against spectrophotometric assessments utilizing the Vita Easyshade® (Vita Zahnfabrik, H Rauter GmbH & Co. KG., Bad Sackingen, Germany) for the same set of teeth.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Eighty participants aged 19-25 were included in the study; all of them were Croatian students at the School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. Color measurements of the maxillary right central incisors were performed in controlled, standardized laboratory conditions. The measurements were performed on calibrated digital photographs by an experienced clinician three times in a row, and L, a, and b of CIELAB color space values were recorded. The same procedure was performed using the Vita Easyshade 5.0 spectrophotometer (Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Säckingen, Germany) in \"Tooth single\" mode.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Cronbach's alpha was used as a repeatability measurement, thus revealing high consistency for both methods (α=0.94-1). Correlations were moderate (Pearson r=0.44-0.66 p<0.05). Testing confirmed that digital photography is inaccurate as spectrophotometry (p<0.05). An analysis of errors of means and their standard deviations revealed consistent discrepancies with minor deviations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The \"capture to edit\" method showed high consistency (Cronbach's α=0.94-0.96), and it exhibits comparability in terms of variability, reliability, and repeatability when compared to spectrophotometric measurement (VitaShade 5, VitaZahnfabrik). Disparities between the methods are evident and anticipated, yet they do not follow a consistently linear pattern. The combination of repeatability and consistency renders the \"capture to edit\" method a valuable tool for enhanced color mapping, thus facilitating comparisons between digital images.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 2","pages":"185-192"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11256871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Patients' and Parents' Concerns over Orthodontic Treatment during the COVID - 19 Pandemic.","authors":"Magda Trinajstić Zrinski, Petra Anić, Željana Matošić, Sandra Anić Milošević, Senka Meštrović, Marina Lapter Varga","doi":"10.15644/asc58/2/5","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/2/5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the concern of adolescents in orthodontic treatment, and to determine whether personality traits and parental perception were predictors of adolescent patients' concerns.</p><p><strong>Participants and methods: </strong>The sample consisted of 229 adolescent patients (57.2% female) and 223 parents (65.1% female). Questionnaires included items about the importance of infection control and concern about treatment duration and results. Their latent structure was determined using exploratory factor analysis. The Big Five Inventory was used for assessing personality traits. Predictors of patients' and parental orthodontic concern and awareness of the importance of infection control measures were tested by the hierarchical multiple regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two factors were revealed for the patient questionnaire, Treatment concern (TC) and Awareness of the importance of measures (AM), and four factors for the parent questionnaire, Parents' treatment concern (PTC), Parents' awareness of the importance of measures (PAM), Parents' concern about the pandemic (PCP) and Parents' concern about their child with regards to the pandemic (PCC). Adolescents' personality traits were not predictors of either TC or AM. PTC was a predictor of TC (p<0.001), accounting for 28% of the variance. PAM and the patient's following of the news were predictors of AM (p≤0.022), accounting for 24% and 2% of the variance, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Parental concern and awareness of measures had an important role in attitudes of adolescent orthodontic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, while personality traits did not. The clinician should put additional emphasis on communication with the parent.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 2","pages":"156-168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11256874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Sella Turcica Variations in Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs and its Association with Malocclusion.","authors":"Taniya Poorsoleiman, Benyamin Kazemi, Maryam Tofangchiha, Mehdi Ranjbaran, Marjan Bolbolian, Francesco Pagnoni, Rodolfo Reda, Luca Testarelli","doi":"10.15644/asc58/2/6","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/2/6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Understanding the shape and size of the sella turcica may help predict future orthodontic treatment needs related to skeletal malocclusion. This study aims to assess different morphological types of the sella turcica in lateral cephalometric radiographs and its correlation with malocclusion, as well as the relationship between gender and linear measurements of sella turcica.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The lateral cephalometric radiographs of 410 volunteers (111 men and 299 women) aged 8 to 30 years were evaluated. The patients were divided into three groups based on their skeletal growth patterns (cl I, II, and III). Then the anatomical shape and linear dimensions of sella turcica were assessed. Measurements were made using Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.0 software, and data analysis was performed by IBM SPSS Statistics version 25.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The following morphologies were observed: normal (37.8%), oblique anterior wall (9.3%), double contour of the floor (21.5%), sella turcica bridge (8.8%), irregularity (notching) in the posterior part of sella turcica (16.6%), and pyramidal shape of the dorsum sellae (6.1%). No statistically significant relationship was found between sella turcica variations and skeletal malocclusion. The correlation between female sex with the diameter (p=0.027) and depth values (p=0.035) of sella turcica was statistically significant. There was no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) in length based on gender.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The most morphological type reported was normal sella turcica (37.8%). Anatomical variations of sella turcica had no association with malocclusion. The most considerable depth and diameter of sella turcica were found in women.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 2","pages":"169-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11256869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale: Psychometric Evaluation in Portuguese Preschoolers.","authors":"Carolina Correia, Sandra Ribeiro Graça, Sónia Mendes","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/4","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to contribute to the validation of the <i>Early Childhood Oral Impact Scale</i> (ECOHIS) by studying its psychometric properties when applied to a Portuguese preschool population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study conducted with children aged between three and five-years-old. The non-probabilistic sample included two preschools in the municipality of Lisbon. Children who agreed to participate and whose guardians signed the informed consent were included. Data collection included a questionnaire, administered to the parents, and an intraoral examination of the children. The questionnaire included the Portuguese version of ECOHIS. The intraoral examination included the caries diagnosis according to the World Health Organization criteria. Discriminant validity compared the ECOHIS score between children with and without caries experience (Mann-Whitney U-test). Cohen's d was calculated to estimate the magnitude of the difference. Reliability analysis included Cronbach's α and test-retest. Construct validity was analyzed by the correlation between the ECOHIS score and dmft (Spearman's correlation). A significance level of 5% was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample included 104 children (mean age 4.1 years). ECOHIS values were significantly different between children with and without caries (p=0.004). The Cohen's d was 0.84. The Cronbach's was 0.78, with no significant increase in value when eliminating any of the items. The test-retest showed significant correlation (r=0.76; p=0.01). There was a significant correlation between the ECOHIS score and caries experience (r=0.28; p=0.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Portuguese version of the ECOHIS showed good psychometric properties, indicating that it is a reliable and valid tool to measure the impact of oral health in preschool children.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"39-51"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981910/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding and Practices of Oral Hygiene in the Intensive Care Units: Perspectives of Medical Staff at Two University Hospital Centers.","authors":"Vesna Vucelić, Vesna Bratić, Dubravka Negovetić Vranić, Arjana Tambić Andrašević, Vesna Degoricija, Zlatan Mihaljević, Snježana Ramić, Ivana Piteša Košutić, Luka Šimunović, Bruno Špiljak, Vlaho Brailo","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/8","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study assesses the knowledge, practices, and attitudes of medical staff in intensive care units (ICUs) regarding oral hygiene care for critically ill, bedridden patients.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study included 65 employees from the Intensive Care Units of the Sestre Milosrdnice Clinical Hospital Centre (CHC SM) and the Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the University Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb (CHC ZG). A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess knowledge, methods, frequency, and attitudes towards oral care for mechanically ventilated patients. The data were examined through descriptive statistical methods, presented in terms of proportions (percentages). For the purpose of comparing the feedback across the two hospital centers and different educational backgrounds, the Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were employed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results of a survey of 65 participants (18 from CHC SM and 47 from CHC ZG) revealed a notable disparity in oral hygiene knowledge, with graduate nurses displaying the highest proportion of adequate knowledge (100%) and regular nurses showing the least (30.3%) (p<.001). Although the execution of oral care practices did not vary significantly among the groups, graduate nurses performed oral care more frequently (80% vs. baccalaureate technicians 33.33% and nurses 57.6%, three or more times a day) and demonstrated better proficiency in both mechanical (p=.005) and chemical (p<.001) biofilm management compared to their counterparts. No significant difference was observed in the delivery of oral care to orotracheally intubated patients across different educational levels (p=.127). However, a marked difference was noted in the perception of being adequately trained for such care, with nurses feeling less prepared (12.1%, p<.001). Despite these variances, all respondents recognized the importance of oral hygiene, thus showing a strong dedication to oral health care. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study highlights variability in ICU oral hygiene practices and points to the importance of standardized care protocols and improved training for healthcare staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"85-93"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981905/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effects of Grape Seed Oligomeric Proanthocyanidin and Nisin on Dental Pulp Stem Cells.","authors":"Elif Ballikaya, Sena Babadag, Nalan Oya San Keskin, Betül Çelebi-Saltik","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/1","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the biological effects of \"proanthocyanidin\" (PA), and \"nisin\" (Ni), on dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) and LPS-induced DPSCs as well as their antimicrobial effects against <i>S. aureus</i> and <i>E. coli</i>.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>After characterization of DPSCs, cytotoxicity of PA and Ni on DPSCs were evaluated using a water-soluble tetrazolium salt (WST-1). The cytokines and chemokines released by DPSCs and the expression levels of IL-6, IL-8, and TNF alpha were detected with human Cytokine Array C5 and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELİSA), respectively. The antibacterial activities of PA and Ni were tested using the drop plate method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PA at 75 μg/ml increased cell viability, decreased TNF-α expression of DPSCs, did not show any cytotoxic effects on LPS-induced DPSCs, and also showed a tendency to decrease TNF-α expression. PA at 75 μg/ml exhibited higher expressions of TIMP-2, OPG, IL-7, and IL-8 in LPS-induced DPSCs compared to DPSCs. Ni at 100 μg/ml decreased TNF-α expression in DPSCs with no cytotoxic effects. It provided increased cell viability and a downregulation trend of TNF-α expression in LPS-induced DPSCs. Both Ni and PA provided strong antibacterial effects against <i>S. aureus</i>. Ni at 200μg/ml had strong antibacterial effects against <i>E. coli</i> without affecting negatively the viability of both DPSCs and LPS-induced DPSCs and showed anti-inflammatory activity by decreasing TNF-α expression. PA provided strong antibacterial effects against <i>E. coli</i> at 200 μg/ml but affected DPSCs viability negatively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PA and Ni at specific concentrations exhibited immunomodulatory activity on DPSCs and LPS-induced DPSCs without any cytotoxic effects and strong antibacterial effects on <i>S. aureus</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"2-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981911/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epstein - Barr Virus Salivary Shedding in Patients with Acute Infectious Diseases: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Tomislava Skuhala, Snježana Židovec-Lepej, Vladimir Trkulja, Leona Radmanić, Oktavija Đaković Rode, Bruno Špiljak, Luka Šimunović, Marin Rimac, Anja Dragobratović","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/7","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a widely disseminated herpesvirus for which antibodies have been demonstrated in over 90% of adults worldwide. After subclinical primary EBV infections, as well as after infectious mononucleosis, the virus can be shed in saliva for a prolonged period of time.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>Diseases and disorders that can induce EBV salivary shedding include mental disorders and sex, connective tissue disease, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, malaria and HIV infection. Since the occurrence of EBV in saliva during acute infectious diseases has not yet been systematically researched, we aimed to investigate the possible relationship between acute infectious diseases and salivary shedding of EBV.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This pilot cross-sectional study included consenting adults hospitalized for acute infectious conditions and their peers free of acute infectious diseases. A total of 40 patients with acute infectious diseases were enrolled, along with 41 adults free of acute infections. Peripheral venous blood samples for serodiagnosis and saliva samples for EBV PCR testing were collected from both groups. We fitted logit and general linear models to proportions and to ln (viral copy counts) to generate adjusted proportions and geometric mean values in the two groups of subjects. We used SAS for Windows 9.4.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most common acute infectious disease was COVID-19 pneumonia, followed by hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Crude proportions of people with positive serological test results and those with saliva viral shedding were similar in the two groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The presented preliminary data do not indicate acute infectious conditions as a marked \"contributor\" in increasing salivary EBV shedding.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"76-84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Occlusal Radiographs in a Turkish Pediatric Subpopulation.","authors":"Bilal Ozmen, Nazlı Basak Ayna","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/5","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Dental radiographs are a useful diagnostic aid in the oral health care and dental treatment of children. The most commonly used radiographs are periapical and panoramic radiographs. Occlusal radiographs are preferred in more specific cases. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the reasons for obtaining occlusal radiographs in pediatric patients.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Occlusal radiographs of patients aged 1-13 years who attended the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Dentistry between 01 August 2015 and 01 August 2020 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients with syndromes and diseases that could cause cleft lip and palate and dental anomalies were not included in the study. The medical history of the 354 patients who were included in the study was provided by the automated system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 359 occlusal radiographs from these patients were analysed. The number of male patients included in the study was 208 and the number of female patients was 146. Occlusal radiographs of the maxilla of 312 patients were taken, of the mandible of 37 patients, and both the upper and lower jaws of 5 patients. It was found that occlusal radiographs were taken mostly for dental trauma in the permanent dentition (156), injuries in the primary dentition (68) and for the diagnosis of dental anomalies (57).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Occlusal radiographs are taken for specific situations in pediatric dentistry and are particularly useful in the detection and diagnosis of primary and permanent tooth injuries.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"52-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are Dentists Hypocrites? Oral Self-care Habits and Self-reported Oral Health Status among Dentists and Non-dentists in Croatia.","authors":"Marin Vodanović, Antea Barišić, Andrej Šribar, Oliver Šuman","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/6","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Dentists provide dental care to their patients and educate them on their oral hygiene and how to maintain oral health. This paper aimed to determine whether dentists are hypocritical when advising their patients on oral hygiene procedures and dental treatments because they do not apply to themselves what they recommend to others.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This is a self-reported study conducted through an online survey questionnaire completed by 1001 participants, of whom 551 were non-dentists and 450 dentists. This is the first study on oral hygiene habits and oral status among dentists in Croatia. This research included almost 10% of the total number of working dentists in Croatia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In terms of dental hygiene habits, dentists brushed, flossed and used interdental brushes more frequently, and they also changed toothbrushes more frequently, whereas they attended check-ups less frequently. Dentists also reported a smaller number of teeth with cavities, a greater number of teeth with fillings, a greater number of extracted teeth, and a greater number of dental crowns, but a smaller number of healthy teeth compared to general population. However, dentists had a much higher proportion of participants over 30 years of age, and when sub-analysis of participants over 30 years of age was performed, dentists had a greater number of healthy teeth compared to the general population.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results showed that dentists are aware of the importance of their oral health and that they do not pay attention only to their oral hygiene habits, but also apply advice they give their patients. Therefore, they cannot be considered hypocritical.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"59-75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of Three Different Orthodontic Adhesives Bonded to Metallic and Ceramic Brackets: SEM and SEM/EDX Analysis (<i>In Vitro</i> Study).","authors":"Arif Arifi, Elizabeta S Gjorgievska, Irena Gavrilović, Nichola J Coleman, Marko Vuletić, Dragana Gabrić","doi":"10.15644/asc58/1/2","DOIUrl":"10.15644/asc58/1/2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To compare three different orthodontic adhesives (Transbond XT Light Cure Adhesive, Heliosit Orthodontic, Fuji Ortho LC) bonded to two types of orthodontic brackets: ceramic brackets (Fascination Roth 0.22) and metallic brackets (Topic Roth 0.22, Dentaurum).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The study was performed on 18 human teeth (6 for each adhesive). The prepared teeth were divided into three groups according to the examination time. Subsequently, they were observed after 1, 2 and 3 weeks following bonding. After the experimental procedure, the teeth samples were cut in half along the longitudinal axis in the vestibulo-oral direction, fixed with conductive carbon cement, placed in a high-vacuum evaporator and then coated with carbon. One half of each sample was observed under a Field-emission gun scanning electron microscope (FEG-SEM Hitachi SU 8030, Japan), while on the second half of the samples qualitative (X-ray line-scans) and semi-quantitative point X-ray energy dispersive analyses (EDX) were performed with Thermo Noran (USA) NSS System 7, equipped with Ultra Dry detector (30 mm² window).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Transbond XT had an ideal bond with the enamel and the bracket base, with rare presence of microgaps and cracks in the enamel. Heliosit Orthodontic demonstrated a better bond relationship with the bracket base than the enamel, whereas in the latter the presence of microgaps in the bond was observed. The microphotographs of Fuji Ortho LC demonstrated many cracks inside the adhesive, and some of them continued to move forward into the enamel surface. Therefore, an impression of a very solid bond relationship with the enamel exists, with cracks being present in the enamel surface and never at the enamel-adhesive interface. Microgaps also appeared at the bracket-adhesive interface.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Transbond XT is a highly filled composite resin and is an ideal orthodontic adhesive in each aspect examined, with an ideal enamel-adhesive and bracket-adhesive interface. Heliosit Orthodontic provides better bracket-adhesive interface compared to the enamel. Fuji Ortho LC as a solid resin-modified GIC provides a better enamel-adhesive interface, compared to the bracket base.</p>","PeriodicalId":7154,"journal":{"name":"Acta Stomatologica Croatica","volume":"58 1","pages":"18-29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981908/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}