Effect of 4% titanium tetrafluoride varnish on the prevention of dentin demineralization under a cariogenic microcosm biofilm model - Micro-CT and TMR analysis

• Grant number: 17/13386-5
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Effective date (Start): January 08, 2018
• Effective date (End): February 23, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Social and Preventive Dentistry
• Principal researcher: Ana Carolina Magalhães
• Grantee: Daiana Moreli Soares dos Santos
• Supervisor abroad: Annette Wiegand
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Göttingen University, Germany
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/11152-4 - Evaluation of the antimicrobial effect of 4% titanium tetrafluoride varnish in a cariogenic microcosm biofilm model on dentine, BP.MS

Abstract

The present study aims 1) to evaluate the effect of 4% TiF4 varnish compared to 5.42% NaF and 2% chlorexidine on the prevention of dentin demineralization under a cariogenic microcosm biofilm and 2) to validate the use of Micro-CT to measure dentin demineralization. For the microcosm biofilm formation, saliva will be collected from 2 healthy subjects, who must have not brush their teeth for the last 24h and not drink or eat for the last 2h. The saliva will be diluted (70% saliva and 30% glycerol), and aliquots of 1 ml will be stored at -80ºC. Bovine root dentine samples (4 mm x 4 mm) will be prepared and treated for 6h with the varnishes containing: A) 4% TiF4 (pH 1.0, 2.45% F); B) 5.42% NaF (pH 5.0, 2.45% F); C) placebo D) 2% chlorexidine gel - positive control or E) untreated - negative control (n=16). The dentin samples will be exposed to human saliva mixed with McBain saliva (1:50) containing 0.2% sucrose (v=1.5 ml) for the microcosm biofilm formation, using 24-wells plates for period that will be defined (pilot study with 5, 10 and 15 days). The dentin demineralization will be measured using Micro-CT, at the University of Göttingen, GER and using transverse microradiography-TMR at the University of São Paulo, BR. The data will be plotted and submitted to the statistical analysis (p<0.05).

Scientific publications

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SOARES DOS SANTOS, DAIANA M.; BRAGA, ALINE S.; RIZK, MARTA; WIEGAND, ANNETTE; MAGALHAES, ANA C. Comparison between micro-computed tomography and transverse microradiography of sound dentine treated with fluorides and demineralized by microcosm biofilm. European Journal of Oral Sciences, OCT 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.