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KMID : 0358920120390020129
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2012 Volume.39 No. 2 p.129 ~ p.138
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IN VITRO EVALUATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FLUORIDE TAPE IN INHIBITION OF ENAMEL DEMINERALIZATION
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Kim Min-Jung
Lee Sang-Ho
Lee Nan-Young
Park Seung-Hyo
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Abstract
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The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effectiveness of experimental 2.26% fluoride-polyvinyl alcohol (F-PVA) tape in inhibition of enamel demineralization using enamel surface microhardness (SMH) analysis and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) examination. Enamel specimens (n=60) randomly assigned to four groups: control group, F-PVA tape group, fluoride varinish (F-varnish) group, casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACFP) group. After topical application, pH-cycling was processed. Then, SMH was measured and the percentage loss of surface microhardness (%SML) was calculated. For the SEM examination, five sample specimens in each group were treated and the morphologic character was evaluated. After pH-cycling, the SMH values of the enamel specimens of F-PVA tape and F-varnish group were significantly higher than that of CPP-ACFP group, there was no significant difference between F-PVA tape and Fvarnish group. With SEM examination, enamel surfaces in the F-PVA tape group and F-varnish group showed numerous spherical and ovoid crystals formed on the enamel surface were also observed. The density of crystals was higher than that of both control group and CPP-ACFP group. F-PVA tape is effective in inhibition of enamel demineralization. Also, F-PVA tape’s inhibition of enamel demineralization is comparable to that of F-vanish and greater than that of CPP-ACFP.
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KEYWORD
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Fluoride tape, PVA tape, Enamel demineralization
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