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This study aimed to evaluate the use of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) as an adjunct for minimally invasive treatment (partial removal of carious tissue-PRCT) of deciduous carious tissue evaluating its efficacy in reducing microorganisms. For that, a clinical study was design including children with deciduous molars with active deep caries lesions (DCL). PRCT was performed and remaining dentin was treated with 100 µg mL-1 methylene blue solution (5 min) and than irradiated with a low power laser emitting red light (InGaAIP-indium gallium aluminum phosphide; λ = 660 nm; 100 mW; 300 J cm-2 ; 90 s; 9 J). The colony forming units (CFU) count after PRCT and after PRCT + aPDT/mg of dentin were compared for total microorganisms, including Candida spp., the mutans streptococci group, Streptococcus spp. and Lactobacillus spp. The dentin was classified (color, consistency and humidity). The microbial reduction varied from 69.88% to 86.29% and was significantly observed for total microorganisms, mutans streptococci, Streptococcus spp. and Lactobacillus spp (P < 0.001). The dentin type did not influence reduction of microorganisms (P > 0.05). The aPDT presents a promising future for clinical use as an adjunct for the reduction of microorganisms in PRCT of DCL in all kinds of dentin.
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Dental Caries/drug therapy , Methylene Blue/administration & dosage , Molar/drug effects , Photochemotherapy/methods , Photosensitizing Agents/administration & dosage , Tooth, Deciduous/drug effects , Candida/drug effects , Candida/growth & development , Child , Child, Preschool , Dental Caries/microbiology , Dental Caries/surgery , Dental Enamel/drug effects , Dental Enamel/microbiology , Dental Enamel/surgery , Dentin/drug effects , Dentin/microbiology , Dentin/surgery , Female , Humans , Lactobacillus/drug effects , Lactobacillus/growth & development , Lasers , Light , Male , Methylene Blue/metabolism , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures/methods , Molar/microbiology , Molar/surgery , Photosensitizing Agents/metabolism , Streptococcus/drug effects , Streptococcus/growth & development , Tooth, Deciduous/microbiology , Tooth, Deciduous/surgery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Introduction: Endodontically treated teeth with extensive coronary destruction require posts and cores to enable prosthetic restoration. Despite the increasing use of prefabricated posts, cast metal posts and cores are still widely used. The quality of the latter is important for the longevity of restorative treatment, and failure can occur if the fundamental principles are not followed. Objective: To radiographically evaluate the prosthetic principles of 1000 cast metal post-and-core restorations performed in single-rooted teeth and their coherence with the principles used for their confection. Material and method: Digital periapical radiographs of 1000 endodontically treated, single-rooted teeth with cast metal posts and cores were selected from the collection of a radiology clinic (Centro de Imagem, Aracaju/SE, Brazil). The images were analyzed using a measurement software (ImageJ, USA) in accordance with the fundamental prosthetic principles: length and diameter of the post, ratio between post and bone crest, contiguity of post to the root canal, gap between post and the remaining root canal filling, amount of remaining root canal filling, and absence of periapical lesion. The data were qualitatively analyzed, classified into ideal and not ideal, and submitted to the chi-square test (α=0.05). Result: Only 6.7% of the cast metal posts analyzed were satisfactorily fabricated. Conclusion: Many prosthetic criteria are neglected during the manufacturing of cast metal post and cores, resulting in inadequate work that may compromise the longevity of restorative treatments.
Introdução: Dentes com ampla destruição coronária e tratados endodonticamente necessitam de retentores intrarradiculares para viabilizar a restauração protética. Apesar do crescente uso de pinos intrarradiculares pré-fabricados, os retentores intrarradiculares metálicos fundidos ainda são muito utilizados. A qualidade desses é importante para a longevidade do tratamento restaurador, pois podem levar ao insucesso quando seus princípios fundamentais não são seguidos. Objetivo: Avaliar radiograficamente os princípios protéticos de 1000 retentores intrarradiculares metálicos fundidos em dentes unirradiculares e a coerência dos mesmos com os princípios para sua confecção. Material e método: Foram selecionadas radiografias periapicais digitais de 1000 dentes unirradiculares que receberam tratamento endodôntico e retentores intrarradiculares metálicos fundidos, através do acervo de uma clínica radiológica (Centro de Imagem, Aracaju/SE, Brasil). As imagens foram analisadas através de um software de mensuração (ImageJ, EUA) de acordo com os princípios fundamentais protéticos: comprimento e diâmetro do pino, relação do pino com a crista óssea, contiguidade ao canal, espaço entre o remanescente obturador e o pino, quantidade de material obturador e ausência de lesão periapical. Os dados foram tabulados, analisados qualitativamente em ideais e não ideais e submetidos ao teste do Qui-Quadrado (α=0,05). Resultado: Apenas 6,7% dos retentores intrarradiculares fundidos analisados foi confeccionado de forma satisfatória. Conclusão: Muitos critérios protéticos são negligenciados durante a confecção de retentores intrarradiculares metálicos fundidos, resultando em trabalhos inadequados que podem comprometer a longevidade do tratamento restaurador.
