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Experimental salivary pellicles on the surface of orthodontic materials
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Citation
- American Journal of Orthodontics and dentofacial Orthopedics 2001;119:59-66
- Keywords
- MATERIALS ; SALIVARY ; Pellicle ; ORTHODONTIC ; PELLICLES ; Orthodontic materials
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to define the composition of salivary pellicles that form on the surfaces of orthodontic materials and to further investigate whether qualitative differences exist between the composition of adsorbed salivary pellicles that form on 3 different orthodontic materials: stainless steel bracket metal, elastomeric ligature ring, and bracket bonding resin. Experimental pellicles were formed by incubating these materials in fresh human parotid or submandibular-sublingual saliva for 2 hours. Pellicles were extracted with sodium dodecyl sulfate buffer and lyophilized. They were then subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate—polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting to identify the adsorbed salivary components. Remarkable differences in the profiles of pellicle components were found, dependent on the type of orthodontic materials. The pellicle components on the bracket metal were almost the same as those found on the elastomeric ligature ring. Salivary protein adsorption patterns to bonding resin showed different features. Distinct differences were also found between the surface-binding affinities of the same salivary proteins from different glandular salivas. These results may be explained on the basis that binding sites for specific proteins on the surfaces of the materials are covered by molecules of submandibular-sublingual saliva, probably mucins. The results of this study provide valuable information concerning initial bacterial adhesion to the surfaces of orthodontic materials, as well as information that could be used in the development of orthodontic materials with enhanced surface properties. (Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2001;119:59-66)
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- English
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