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Journal of The Korean Research Society for Dental Materials
2012 Volume.39 No. 2 p.129 ~ p.136
Antimicrobial Effect and Cytotoxicity of Experimental Tissue Conditioner Containing Silver Nanoparticles
Nam Ki-Young

Abstract
The aim of this study was to develop a new antimicrobial tissue conditioner containing silver nanoparticles
(Ag0) and to evaluate its biological performance. Samples of tissue conditioner (Coe-soft, GC cooperation, Tokyo,
Japan) containing Ag0 with the concentrations of 0 (control), 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0% were fabricated as 20 x 2.0
(diameter x thickness) mm in size for present experiments. In antimicrobial assay, samples were placed on
separate culture plate and microbial suspensions (180 ¥ìL) of three tested strains (Staphylococcus aureus,
Candida albicans and Escherichia coli) were inoculated. Microbial growth was verified at 24 hours and extended
to 72 hours and the antimicrobial effects of samples were evaluated as a percentage of viable cells in withdrawn
suspension (100 ¥ìL). The borderline of the antimicrobial effect was determined at 99.9 % of microbial reduction.
To test the cytotoxicity of the modified tissue conditioner loaded with Ag0, the extracts from experimental
samples were prepared according to concentration of Ag0 (0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0%) and incubated at 2, 8, 24
and 72 hours. The cytotoxic effects of the extracts to cultured human gingival fibroblast (HGF) were measured
by MTT assay. Samples combined with 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0% Ag0 displayed bactericidal effect against three tested
strains in 24 and 72 hour incubation time without statistical difference between two incubating periods (p >
0.01). While 0, 0.1 and 0.5% Ag0 showed no cytotoxic effect at all of incubating times, significantly high
cytotoxic effect (less than 25% cell viability) was revealed at 2.0% Ag0 in 24 and 72 hours respectively (p <
0.01) and significantly moderate cytotoxic effect (between 25-50% cell viability) was observed at 1.0% Ag0 in 24
and 72 hours respectively and 2.0% at 8 hours (p < 0.01). Within the limitation of this study in vitro, the
results suggest that 0.5% Ag0 loaded tissue conditioner could be a possible candidate for a novel antimicrobial
tissue conditioner with uncompromised cytotoxicity.
KEYWORD
Antimicrobial effect, tissue conditioner, cytotoxicity, silver nanoparticles
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