Assessment of Efficiency of Bioactive Glass, Self-Assembling Peptide, and Ozone Remineralising Agents on Artificial Carious Lesion

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the efficacy of bioactive glass, self-assembling peptide, and ozone-remineralizing agents on the artificial carious lesion. Material and Methods: On the extracted 60 premolar teeth, an artificial carious lesion/demineralization was created. Later, the remineralization of demineralized teeth was done with respective remineralizing agents (Group A: Calcium sodium phosphosilicate (bioactive glass), Group B: Self-assembling peptide, Group C: Ozone remineralizing agents and Group D (Control): De ionized water. The degree of demineralization and remineralization were evaluated using the Vickers Hardness Number. Results: There was a decrease in microhardness from baseline to demineralization in all the groups, and this reduction was found to be statistically considerable. After the remineralization of demineralized samples with respective remineralizing agents, there was an increase in microhardness of 312.38, 276.67, and 254.42 in groups A, B, and C, respectively. In contrast, in Group D, there were no changes. Conclusion: Bioactive glass and self-assembling peptides had higher remineralizing capacities, which can be used to treat early carious lesions.

Assessment of the mental foramen location in a sample of Saudi Al Hasa, population using cone-beam computed tomography technology: a retrospective study / Evaluación de la ubicación del foramen mental en una muestra de población de Arabia Al Hasa, utilizando tecnología de tomografía computarizada de haz cónico: un estudio retrospectivo

Background: It is essential that the dentist understand the positional variations of the mental foramen to perform different types of dental procedures. This study was conducted to identify the position of the mental foramen among the Saudi population of Al Hasa. Material and Methods: According to the selection criteria of 200 CBCT images, 101 images were selected. The selected images were categorized into five groups with respect to patient age. Each image was evaluated from both sides of the mandible and then recorded in six classes (position I-VI) according to the horizontal position and three classes in the vertical position. Results: In the Saudi Al Hasa population, Type 4 (at the level of 2ndpremolar) was the most common location for mental foramen in the horizontal direction, on the right side (n= 41; 40.6%) and on the left side (n=44; 43.6%). Mental foramen was found in the vertical location, Type 3 (below the apex of 1st and 2nd premolars) was found in the right side (n= 54; 53.5%) and left side (n=56; 55.4%). The position of mental foramen is not constant and changes according to gender and ethnicity. This warrants dentists to evaluate patients individually. Conclusion: Even though the present study was done with a small sample of patients it provides a picture about approximate location of mental foramen among the target group of a population.

Antecedentes: Es esencial que el dentista comprenda las variaciones posicionales del agujero mentoniano para realizar diferentes tipos de procedimientos dentales. Este estudio se realizó para identificar la posición del foramen mental entre la población saudita de Alhasa. Material y Métodos: De acuerdo con los criterios de selección de 200 imágenes CBCT, se seleccionaron 101 imágenes. Las imágenes seleccionadas se categorizaron en cinco grupos con respecto a la edad del paciente. Cada imagen se evaluó desde ambos lados de la mandíbula y luego se registró en seis clases (posición I-VI) según la posición horizontal y tres clases en la posición vertical. Resultados: En la población saudita de Al Hasa, el tipo 4 (al nivel del segundo premolar) fue la ubicación más común para el foramen mental en la dirección horizontal, en el lado derecho (n = 41; 40,6%) y en el lado izquierdo (n = 44; 43,6%). El foramen mental se encontró en la ubicación vertical, el Tipo 3 (debajo del ápice del 1er y 2do premolares) se encontró en el lado derecho (n = 54; 53,5%) y el lado izquierdo (n = 56; 55,4%). La posición del foramen mental no es constante y cambia según el género y la etnia. Esto justifica que los dentistas evalúen a los pacientes individualmente. Conclusión: Aunque el presente estudio se realizó con una pequeña muestra de pacientes, proporciona una imagen sobre la ubicación aproximada del foramen mental entre el grupo objetivo de una población.