PMID- 37824336
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20231012
IS  - 1942-4426 (Electronic)
IS  - 0893-2174 (Linking)
VI  - 0
IP  - 0
DP  - 2023 Oct 12
TI  - Bacterial growth on titanium versus zirconia healing caps. An In vitro study.
LID - 10.11607/ijp.8700 [doi]
AB  - Objectives To evaluate and compare bacterial growth on zirconia versus titanium 
      healing caps. Material and methods S. sanguinis (Ss) and F. nucleatum (Fn) were 
      grown on titanium and zirconia healing caps that were fixed to the cover of a 
      96-well microtiter plate. A drop (10 muL) of bacterial suspension was placed on 
      each healing cap and allowed to dry for 1h at 37 degrees C. After this time, the cover 
      was replaced on the plate such that the caps were completely immersed in fresh 
      liquid medium. Each plate contained only one bacterial strain, with 2 control 
      groups. Bacterial growth was monitored over 18h by following the optical density 
      at 650nm. A one-way ANOVA comparison test was used for statistical analysis. 
      Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of healing caps of each material were 
      taken after a 48h incubation with Ss or Fn to assess bacterial attachment and 
      with no bacteria as control. Results Ss growth was similar in both types of 
      healing cap with no significant differences between these groups and the control 
      (P=0.990). However, there was significantly less growth of Fn on the zirconia 
      caps than on the titanium samples (P<0.0001) or the control (P<0.0001). SEM 
      imaging revealed obvious differences in the surface characteristics of the 
      titanium and zirconia caps. The number of bacteria attached to the rough apical 
      area was particularly high. Conclusions The use of zirconia healing caps may 
      reduce the growth of some bacterial species compared to that seen on titanium 
      healing caps.
FAU - Slutzkey, Gil
AU  - Slutzkey G
FAU - Saminsky, Michael
AU  - Saminsky M
FAU - Levartovsky, Shifra
AU  - Levartovsky S
FAU - Glikman, Ari
AU  - Glikman A
FAU - Matalon, Shlomo
AU  - Matalon S
FAU - Green, Nirit Tagger
AU  - Green NT
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231012
PL  - United States
TA  - Int J Prosthodont
JT  - The International journal of prosthodontics
JID - 8900938
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bacterial growth
OT  - Implants
OT  - healing caps
OT  - titanium
OT  - zirconia
EDAT- 2023/10/12 18:42
MHDA- 2023/10/12 18:42
CRDT- 2023/10/12 12:43
PHST- 2023/10/12 18:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/12 18:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/10/12 12:43 [entrez]
AID - 4500447 [pii]
AID - 10.11607/ijp.8700 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Int J Prosthodont. 2023 Oct 12;0(0). doi: 10.11607/ijp.8700.